<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=563157" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Makeover</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">My distant kin</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Suddenly warmed to me</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Discovered nice things</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In me, my family</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The book-worm became a book-lover</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Likely to win a Booker</div><div style="margin:10px 0">(Do they have one for readers?) </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Called me smart, affable and gregarious</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When I used to be uncouth, grumpy and reclusive</div><div style="margin:10px 0">After 40 years praised my crooked smile</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Said my 90-kg,5-ft. frame</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Was just right for my age! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And they should learn from me</div><div style="margin:10px 0">How to age gracefully! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Remembered our birthdays</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Our wedding anniversary</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Enquired about my recovery</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Even if I caught the common cold</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now kept inviting us for lunch</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When not once during those years</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When we could well have starved to death</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Who should I thank? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">For this surge of attention</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For this shower of affection</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Who else, but my offspring</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For landing a green-card groom.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Prabhakar+Subramaniam">Prabhakar Subramaniam</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=563157" data-title="Makeover de Prabhakar Subramaniam" data-description="My distant kin Suddenly warmed to me Discovered nice things In me, my family The book-worm became a book-lover Likely to win a Booker (Do they have one for readers?) Called me smart, affable and gregarious When I used to be uncouth, grump..."></div> </div> </div>

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