none of us are getting any younger

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an old dog sleeps splayed out in the sun

and if I went to sleep like an old dog
twitching from a dream of running
will you come and wake me up
there on the old porch
and tell me when dinner is ready
maybe scratch behind my ears a little
or rub my belly

I want to rest now
maybe for a hundred years
maybe for the afternoon.
I don't know which
but I want to sleep like an old dog sleeps
splayed out in the sun
I want for a century to pass before dinner
or at least an hour

time can slow down or speed up and often does
bent by the needs of the mind
and the aches of the body
none of us are getting any younger
do you feel that
the breeze has just picked up a little

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how ancient is this life

how vast is this awareness that holds us

in the moment 

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eating peaches

in spite of this drought

the peaches are coming along nicely

when they are ripe I will watch you

bite into one naked and eat it

with the juice running down

your breasts and onto your belly

and you will watch your husband smiling

and giving thanks for the years we have shared

and for this life we have made

james lee jobe

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“I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?”

Vincent van Gogh

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