Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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To Julia. You joined my family six years ago, Pledging enigmatically that you wished only very limited interaction. Now these years later, I basically do not know who you are-- Your desires, your goals, your concerns, even your philosophy of child rearing! It has pained me greatly to be so involuntarily distant from you, Even after many years of gently and, admittedly, not so gently Ways of breaking through your enigmatic facade, I remain a stranger to you in my own family. I fear this will never end, after much trial, And you and I shall eventually pass on to the next phase of life, Never having mingled our thoughts in what might have been Mutual augmentation of our potential joyous selves. 2 November 2025 0910 Hours.