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Ah, to whom it this addressed, eh, Bill?

Starts a bit comic  & then….

Doug
On Mar 10, 2015, at 3:29 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Retirement
> 
> He was born for this. 
> Been retiring his whole life.
> Withdrawing from expectations,
> impositions. 
> 
> Not averse to company
> but reluctant to join,
> to step up.
> Content to kick back. 
> 
> Opportunities rarely seized,
> regrets unformed.
> Days open up just wide 
> enough thank you.
> 
> But then ...
> No, there is no
> but
> then.
> 
> bw
> 

Douglas Barbour
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Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 (UofAPress).
Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).

There is no life that does not rise
melodic from scales of the marvelous.

To which our grief refers.

              Robert Duncan.