Saturday, June 05, 2004

Posted here Saturday, June 05, 2004 at 9:30:48 AM       Politics   Old folks say past 55 Feel still alive and hopeful That what has happened will Be helpful to the future And deeply recognize How profound is Merely getting by Surviving So many haven't, More than all the fingers and toes. The resonance of language, the Recognition with each new place, new face new thought This path has been trod Before. The Younger of us Look ahead And treat the older as if we're dead Full of anticipation Of love or dread Success or mess It never occurs that was has happened Might be answer to what is to come. Even the reweaving of old thoughts Turned cliché Mixed with hard words Fuck this shit and half exposed tatoo Feel new and vital and wedgy Into the hazy horizon Of the next moment. Thus older feels conservative Something to conserve As Younger feels progressive With lots to observe. The wise know these diverge In order to converge Make whole The dying The living The not yet. ********