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.
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