Excerpt from "Age," The Offing, May 1, 2019.

Here                        he
                             calling me

                    ill                                                              with
I don't mean to be   old, but I                           know
                             for you and I can't

                                                     numb

his
                                                   number
                                                         ing

his eve hang

                                                           it
Let me              ou t

           tonight

"This poem is an erasure of "Age Ain't Nothin' But A Number," written by a grown R. Kelly for a young Aaliyah to sing." - Charleen McClure

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