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Two weeks

In two weeks I’ll be fifty. Where has that half century gone? It feels the world is speeding by this jockey on the lawn, who used to hold the reins and feel some semblance of control but now just stands … Continue reading

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Epiphany

Sometimes an act itself becomes enough to satisfy one’s hunger for applause; and what discomforts must be suffered through become, to reach an end, at last worthwhile. That any others witness such a feat is gratifying, yes, but not required; … Continue reading

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Sisyphus

At each new dawning of the day, our shackles turned to dust, we rise from bed and check the door in case it’s turned to rust; and finding perhaps a loose hinge or screws worn down and stripped, we throw … Continue reading

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A Tree in Winter

When in the winter, I shall stand a bare tree tall on frozen land there may be some who choose to rake among the leaves left in my wake and into separate piles by hue divide these skeletons. But who … Continue reading

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