About getting older and laughing about it — When menopause hit
I went from Twiggy
lean, thin, elegant, angular
a great clothes horse,
sculpted, athletic, muscular, ending up as Marilyn Monroe
curvaceous, my tummy pouting
its extra visibility,
a layer of hormone replacement
provided by nature. like worn rocks, I grow gnarled
and out of shape
I wobble in places…