A Walk On Shallow Waters
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A Walk on Shallow Waters
David J Walker
We are wrapped in paper and twine
A perfect package on the outside
Left on the stoop of an irony
Gathered together we are
with candles and cake
We are a year older and celebrate
With feelings that need not be explained
We are one
We are two
We are three and more
And 65
just as well
we could be one thousand
We came not knowing the language
And fumbled with the implications of
important customs that
mentors took great pains and
extended time to explain
We learn not to laugh at the
Paradox of platitudes invented for
special occasions
We hear each sound
cued in hues
of confused colors
We see each virtue as it's on vice
We celebrate the celebrities of
Our own making
We walk on shallow waters
Unaided
Copyright © David Walker | Year Posted 2022
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