Wednesday, September 22, 2021

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

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