Lost youth

He said he looked down

at the phalanx of suits,

a line of polished shoes,

the battalion of ties on the door

and couldn’t remember

when he wasn’t 51 years old.

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Patrick Dobson

Patrick Dobson was founded in 1962. He is a writer, scholar, ironworker, and poet who lives in Kansas City, MO. He is author of two books with the University of Nebraska Press, Seldom Seen: A Journey into the Great Plains (2009) and Canoeing the Great Plains: A Missouri River Summer (May 2015). Dobson is a work in progress until termination.

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  1. My mom had a rough time with the Neulasta shot…but everyone is different. Now she gets Neupogen for two days after chu&lm#8230;oeckily we are all good at giving insulin shots and since the Neupogen is sub cutaneous, she can get it at home. Hope you do well with the shot!

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