Silver and Gold
January 25, 2016 at 3:42 p.m.
“Silver and Gold”
My hair has turned to silver.
Mirrors say I’m old.
Doctors, pills, and piles of bills,
have taken all my gold!
Barbara Ruby is a long time Puyallup resident whose poems have appeared for the last four years in Northwest Prime Times Poetry Corner.
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