Lent begins

Fat Tuesday excesses

groaning bodies awaken

to Ash Wednesday reminders

of sorrow and repentance

among the ‘shoulds’

if only one day didn’t mean

far more than the other

               

MaryJane Nordgren

Author of the Nandria Series, MaryJane is a retired family practice physician who grew up in the Midwest but now lives in the Pacific Northwest.

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