(words for a sixty-third birthday)<\/p>\n
i picture myself at sixty-three
\nand you as you are now
\nwalking atop the mountain
\nlooking down at wing’ed lady<\/p>\n
and, dear, i now observe
\nthree hours into your
\n“bullshit” post
\ncurrent comments: #76<\/p>\n
the seventy-sixth
\nword-smithing, mine
\nin broken lines (i do
\nremember your dislike<\/p>\n
for poetry
\nbut i write because i can…<\/p>\n
“ah, sweet Rose…did you know
\nwe are the only western country
\nthat does not provide free health
\ncare for it’s citizens. Of course it is
\npaid for by our tax dollars. That is what
\ncivilized countries do best – they take care of their own.”<\/p>\n
now is the time to return to mi casa, to sleep
\nto dream,
\nto finish the unfinished
\nperhaps
\nperhaps to find
\nfind a new horizon
\nhorizon
\nthat goes on and on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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