Memory in the blood
Where do we go when we yearn for something
beyond actual memory,
Peter B Godfrey
Acceptance
I accept that tastes change,
and
my favorite readings
will someday be
Archived Lives
Our family archives are like maps
that haunt and guide us
toward
Know your own bone
Why do you never find anything written
about that idiosyncratic thought you
Something more ecstatic
I think poets live in a world
that is maybe a tissue-
I would tell my younger self
That nothing good
ever goes down a straight road.
You have to
The crisis
Is specifically a middle-aged crisis.
It comes after decades of world-
The category of interesting
Interesting
begins as a feeling
of not knowing exactly
what we are
Uploading the mind --infecting dreams
It's not worth it
The modern world is full of things
to panic about, be sad
The lucky man
This exchange of gifts,
settles deep inside
like a sedimentary deposit.
To
Spontaneous and meditative
You’re fun and funny, talented,
smart, and empathetic.
Just get yourself