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Channel Esther: South Africa Chronicles #3
AUNTIE CILLA
How old
are you asked
Auntie Cilla
and when she
heard the answer
how old I really am
she thought
it was a joke
at first
I couldn’t be
that old
and then she said
but you
look like you
are still
going to discos.
Maybe it’s
the sunglasses
my daughter in law
explained.
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