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76 Candles

October 22, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in poetry

I remember,

as a child, how

I would have to

wait years, many

years it seemed,

for the day of

my next birthday.

Now each new one

arrives only

a month or so

apart and I

would rather they

slowed down again.

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Lost in space

October 17, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in poetry

Inside

every

old man

is a

young man

trying

to work

out where

the hell

he is.

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Decay rate

September 7, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in poetry

Things fall apart

the centre will

not hold. Nor will

the stomach, lungs

brain, feet, liver

back, kidneys, skin,

or any other

of my organs.

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Fresh air

August 16, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in cancer, History, literature, poetry

I was not
aware of
taking my
first breath and
I will not
be aware
of my last,
but all the
others were
precious.

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Brief shining hours

August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in poetry, Uncategorized

Looking back,

corridors

of my mind

are lined with

all of the

people

I have known

at length

or briefly,

and I can

see again,

like an old

movie, with

pleasure or

pain, in whole

films or

single frames,

all of their

faces as

they once were.

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Losers

July 9, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in atheism, cancer, History, literature, poetry

The sign at the

Supermarket

checkout proudly

said “new winners

every day”,

which is a much

better deal than

we all get at

the Life checkout.

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Payment due

June 25, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in History, literature, poetry

Writing a

memoir is

a life’s work.

It has to

be earned

by the lines

of your face,

the wrinkles

of your hands,

the night fears

of your sleep,

the weariness

of your brain,

the failing of

your body,

and finished

just in time.

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Survivor

June 23, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in poetry

Old age is

being dropped

into a jungle

by parachute

and trying

to survive

using only

your wits.

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Look through any window

May 9, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in History, poetry

Whether I am

seven and

a half or

seventy

five, the I

who looks out

of my window

is the same I,

no matter how

he appears to

those looking in.

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You must remember this

May 5, 2020 by nomdeplume707, posted in History, poetry

Sometimes I

meet someone

from my past

who tells me

something I didn’t

know about

a common friend,

or enemy,

or event,

that completely

alters my

memory of

that person

or history.

Are all of

my memories

fungible?

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