Counting Back

My Chronology 
ages
as my writing
stays young

The years
in retreat
as each new song
is sung

A number
but unit
of folly
relayed

Whose essence
a symbol 
of prescience 
— in play

(Dreamsleep: August, 2025)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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