Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Hump of Life
That commercial, that guy facing a hump?He's supposed to get over it.
Well, I can't get over the fact that my life could be half over.
Today I turn thirty-seven
and I can see both halves from here.
The past, dead weight to some, is still alive
as I read last night. The dead live there still.
I'm alive on the hump as the flood waters rise,
waiting to drown in the future,
but the flotsam of the past litters the water
and I can only swim for so long.
I gulp air greedily, shallowly, and descend to the water.
It's cold.
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