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Galit Birk, PhD

Dec 13, 2021

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I Once Was a Marathoner

Haiku with commentary

Runners endure great
Struggle on their journey to
Twenty-six point two.

I buy myself flowers every Friday. I never miss my self-love ritual!

I even ran to the store to get my weekly bouquet the day I flew home from my international vacation this summer. I take my flowers very…

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I Once Was a Marathoner

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