40 Age Poems

"When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it happened or not; but my faculties are decaying, now, & soon I shall be so...

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If you are 40 you are actually 40 years and 9 months old so, 3 months after your 40th birthday you will be 41...

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each year 
goes by faster than the last
i have a greater sense 
of urgency
to see, hear, touch, feel
what i’m passing through
i want to
pump the brakes,...

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When does phenomenal moment of existence occur...?

Otherwise titled: Regaling eldest sibling
delineating her sixty third successful orbit
around the sun December first 2021.

About consciousness who can tell
After...

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I have never been 40
it's coming soon
it's just around the corner
The big 4-0 looms
I have Never been 40
I haven't got a clue
Will my hair turn...

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Flyover of no return
David J Walker

I remember
Approaching 40

Going 60 miles per hour
Reaching for the marker 

That might curtail the power
And avail a slower pace 

A...

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Young Again***

The true story tells of a boy
Whose near-death experience
Took him on a tour of heaven.
The movie trailer shows the boy
Unable to recognize a photo...

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New Math X a Equals Aging
David J Walker
 
You are only 21 once
You are only 22 twice
You are only 23 three times
And 24 by 4
Before...

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It's inauguration day, January 20, 2021.
I could be at home, watching the TV presentation
pomp and pageantry. But old, achy, onerous and 
anxious, bladder full with...

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Him or me 
again Im tired
Wake up early to
not get fired
Struggle with my heart
to do What is right
but i'm always Tempted 
to stop this fight


I...

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I thought it was death finally coming for me
There were footsteps outside my bedroom door
Lying scared in the dark, quiet and mousy
I thought it was...

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Don't ink me in words ...

O godly pen, dark inkpot and restless jotter
Battling with his merciless thoughts 
He inscribed me on the desert of unruled...

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Two of the greatest gifts that God ever gave to mankind              ...

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Dreaming

Mohair goats to make yarn. 
40 acres and a barn. 
Trees, grass and flowers, 
there is… nearly heaven here. 

It is a place, we dream...

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