[Throwback Thursday]<\/p>\n
I’ve fallen out of grace with my face.<\/p>\n
It’s now defined by lines of time and place.<\/p>\n
a roadmap etched with pathways to the past,<\/p>\n
a drying parchment never meant to last.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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