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Aunt By Al Young
“Aunt” is a poem by Al Young about happiness and life . It is written for most people who have family and aunts. In order to inspire people, the author's message of the poem is that you could still have fun if your old and you always need to enjoy life no matter what. A line in the poem that makes this very clear are three lines in the middle of the poem that state “take it like they do Easter Sunday when, the rainbow she travels is dry-cleaned, and She laughs more than ever in spring. In this short poem, the author, Al, Young, is trying to get the message that no age is too old to have fun or to do anything you want to do. He does this by including a tone of happiness and enjoyment throughout the entire poem, for example in the poem it

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