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I have seen 101
New Yorker Magazine covers
suitable for
museum display
but for 101
GodFather ofMath
reasons,
the cover pictured below
is my
All-Time Favorite:
I might have featured
this cover before
but if so,
I wasn't cognizant of
the date of issue
which brings to mind
the following copyrighted quote:
THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES
THERE ARE ONLY DIVINE PARALLELS
October 11, 2021
was my sister Linda's
seventy-fifth birthday
Her 1975 death certificate
notwithstanding,
I see/hear/feel
my older sister's touch
as many as seventy-five times
on any given day
Like our parents
who graduated this earth
four years before she did,
it is impossible for me to miss them
because no trio of people
is more omnipresent to me
than them
The divine parallel
of Lynda's 75th birthday
and a magazine cover
helped to make
my 75th birthday
[May 18,2024]
the happiest day
of my Long Beach life
thanks to
five hours of
phone/text/email
conversation
with friends and family
+
the glorious generosity
and warmth
of Mrs. CarPeo
One of those conversations
was with my living sister
about whom
I will say
nothing more than
she is sixty-eight
going on thirty-seven
even when she is in the presence
of her six grandchildren
Wherever she goes,
chiropractors work overtime
because countless men
are turning their heads
much too quickly
just to get
one look at my
"little sister"
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© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
Cover Artist = Luci Gutierrez
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