I Have Labored
I have labored so long...
now past half a century...
and, like a very old bird,
I am still at my song.
And, like the lark
in the meadow,
I have little to show
for all of the work I have done.
But my throat was constructed for singing
so I have sung with no thought for tomorrow.
I have lifted my voice
just like all those who've gone before me...
and I will continue to do so
till my skin goes suddenly cold
under the sun.
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