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and I refuse

to acknowledge

the existential reality

of aging

even with a Curtis Mayfield song

playing on the radio

and I’m wondering

the promise of the season

rolling the year off

with a blazing start

fear of my own shadow

may startle me

but I mustn’t let it win

I must fight back

and ward off the creeping malaise

a few Roman candles

are lit

and some people rejoice

the air is still cool

times changing

blown about in the wind

beer begins to flow

and my eyes grow heavy

and no apocalypse

is promised this year

though time goes racing on

and an old weird highway

with a stream rolling astride

as we look across

at another state of mind

1-1-2004