Contributor: Susan Palmer

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I didn't want to grow up.
But it happened anyway.
Wanting.
That's what did it.
Wanting to be accepted
I changed behaviors.
Wanting new toys
I plotted.
Wanting safety and comfort
When I already had it.
Only saints and babes
Greet life joyfully as-is.


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Now living in Colorado, Susan Palmer wandered her entire life, living in various places. As an adult, she spent most of thirty years in Hawaii on a little farm. She had written tons of poetry, much of which is humorous, and two novels, both fiction. Her poems and short stories can be found in over a dozen literary journals.