My mother used to knit my mittens too big so they'd still f… - Andrea Gibson

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My mother used to knit my mittens
too big so they'd still fit me when
I grew. I wore them and I'd look
like what I wasn't yet. I feel that
sometimes when I'm writing my poems.
They don't yet fit. Ever feel like
the best of you is something you're
still hoping to grow into?

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Ever feel like the best of you is something you're still hoping to grow into?

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