Middle Age

Now the mid-winter grind
Is on me, New York
Drills through my nerves,
As I walk
The chewed up streets.

At forty-five what next
At every corner,
I meet my father,
My age, still alive.

Father, forgive me
My injuries,
As I forgive
Those I
Have injured!

You never climbed
Mount Zion, yet left
Dinosaur
Death-steps on the crust,
Where I must walk.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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April 30, 2014 at 12:02 AM
Hmmmmm. Read it twice. Still thinking about it.
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