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| Red burlesque. UTEP campus, El Paso, Texas. May 2017. Credit: Mzuriana. |
Today is Valentine's Day.
Back when my eyes fell victim to presbyopia, it was so maddening! It was now my lot, like my forebears, to hold afar, bring near, hold afar, bring near, a piece of reading material to just the right distance to read the damn thing. Or to vainly try to thread a needle. Sisyphean tasks delivered upon us by a whim of nature.
But there came a day when I saw a benefit.
In the land of age, it is a blessing that, when one's lover is up close, their vision is such that one's face is a bit of a soft blur. Nature's image filter, you might say.
A gift from Eros, perhaps, taking pity upon us.
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