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by OOT™
Rated: ASR · Poetry · Emotional · #1917789
Are they really all that great?
The old man fidgets
trying to stand
upon infirm legs
toothless mouth gaping
vaguely aware of days
running with legs
that didn't tire
trying to extend
the brevity of life

age gnaws at life
the senile child
has come full circle
his past a black hole of nothing ~
reality in its twilight years
when health declines
and memories fade.
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