domingo, junho 10, 2007

Men at Thirty / Men at Forty

Men at Thirty

Thirty today, I saw
The trees flare briefly like
The candles upon a cake
As the sun went down the sky,
A momentary flash
Yet there was time to wish

Before the break light could die
If I had known what to wish
As once I must have known
Bending above the clean candlelit tablecloth
To blow them out with a breath


Men at Forty

Men at forty
Learn to close softly
The doors to rooms they will not be
Coming back to


- Donald Justice

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