birthday thoughts

another September 

signposts

another birthday 

this time 60 

being on the tail end 

of the boom part (booming party)

of the lucky post-war generation 

and now we take everything with us 

money 

    climate 

        democracy 

            civility 

all swept up in our massive broom 

rushing to personal happiness 

our children 

and their children 

left 

to try to stab the litter left behind 

scraping it into plastic bags

and so I’m 60 

20 years since 9/11 

and 37 years since 1984 

Orwellian nightmares notwithstanding 

so tip my hat to youth 

and say hello to autumn leaves brittling