Feel like a dried out husk?

The dried husks of two lilies.

Walking in the yard I noticed an oddly shaped twig. Looking up, there were a bunch of them, the leftovers of lilies. The beauty of this husk could be a metaphor for aging.

Amanda Barusch

Amanda Barusch has worked as a janitor, exotic dancer, editor, and college professor. She lives in the American West, where she spends as much time as possible on dirt paths. She has an abiding disdain for boundaries and adores ambiguity. Amanda has published eight books of non-fiction, a few poems, and a growing number of short stories. Aging Angry is her first work of creative non-fiction. She uses magical realism to explore deep truths of the human experience in this rapidly changing world.

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