At Thirty | Poem by Paula Bohince | Film by Thibault Debaveye from suzy w Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 2 min 86 sec
✓ Published: 04-Jun-2015

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At ThirtynBy Paula BohincetnttttttttttttttttttnAt thirty, I fled from my lifenin a hailstorm and firestorm, into whatnI termed “the big rest,”n nunpacked at my mother’s house,u2028slept in my sister’s bed,nsigned up to swim at the Y, swam twicen ndaily, in the morningsu2028with patients doing recovery exercisesnin the shallow end,n nafternoons hung the damp suit,nblack flag, on the line,nmicrowaved a meal, then napped,n nthe sleep my calamine, chlorineu2028my medicine, my weakness ev