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Rated: E · Poetry · Spiritual · #1655804

Short poem about middle age

Toes are farther away
Children are farther away

Moab like
Expectations have been laid out
2/3 put out of their misery

References to
Woodstock & Watergate
Vietnam & Apollo
Mays & Aaron
Bring more blank stares than understanding

Names, titles escape
(“You know, that movie….)

Cliches leak

All favorites are oldies

Both sides make sense

Choosing to be more about others
Self still protests (quietly)

More vulnerable
Less reacting

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