I have no answers
nor profundities to offer
as a proxy for wisdom
age bestows nothing
but age no comfort
from doubt beyond familiarity
with the trope I’ve become
It is a simple act
to put on the definition
one has been offered
to accept the sumptuary
raiment draped upon me
like funeral shrouds
ignited by the flames
(April 6, 2014)
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