Wisdom's Tooth
A young Poet is to an
older man
As an old poet is to a
younger man
“When young then old,
when old then young
The past twice borrowed,
the future sung
The old man’s knowledge,
the young man’s youth
To cross in stages,
—like wisdoms tooth”
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)
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