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after being told i look good for 67 (on my 57th birthday)

from Into Light: The Poems of M. D. Friedman by Mad Dog Friedman

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after being told i look good for 67
(on my 57th birthday)

damn fluorescent lights
damn the buzz
laugh lines shadow deeper
veins ridge up

the window glares
at my reflection
(so much depends
on lighting)

I shiver in the building
see my own breath
the grim reaper sits down next to me
tells me Jewish mother jokes

aging is a paradox
our engines slow as the scenery
speeds by ever faster
everything breaks on this train

the news sounds
like a rag flapping
on a barbwire fence
it takes longer to chew

my bones creak and something new hurts
yet my mind grows more playful
my heart more childlike
eyes brighten on a dimming world

slowly we turn back into light

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from Into Light: The Poems of M. D. Friedman, released January 1, 2024

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Mad Dog Friedman | Mad Dog Blues | Peddlers of Joy Lafayette, Colorado

Mad Dog writes from the moment and sings from his heart. His influences include sources as divergent as William Butler Yeats & the delta blues. His songwriting is sincere, simple & often humorous. He has recorded many solo & collaborative projects featuring his spontaneous compositions on harmonica, Native American flute & Theremin. He is also the founder of Mad Dog Blues & The Astral Project. ... more

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