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I love this poem, Simran. It reminds me of a line I've never forgotten from a movie way back in the 90s: Shirley Valentine. Life has changed for Shirley, become too dreary, sad, and routine. So she thinks back on her childhood - the dreams, hopes, confidence. And asks, "Whatever happened to Shirley Valentine?"

Spoiler alert: she finds her!!!!

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Jenine Bsharah Baines
Jenine Bsharah Baines

Written by Jenine Bsharah Baines

J…Jen…Jeni…Jenine... Proper names are poetry in the raw. (W.H. Auden) Poet, singer, seeker, hippie grandmother gleefully revealing herself

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