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At What Age

Posted on 11/25/2011 by Jeff May

At what age do you prefer sleep to wakefulness, prefer the dream— climbing the clouds atop a faraway mountain— To the step by step slog legs too heavy to move air too thin to breathe the dream a painful reality. At what age does the body prefer the mind asleep?   Share on Facebook

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Posted on 11/22/2011 by Jeff May

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Middle Class Mortality

Posted on 10/22/2011 by Jeff May

Middle Class Mortality Young man full of it,         at night After a few,        that was me. Did I drink…      too much? Could I see…      what was coming? I cycle the highway      Salvation Army clothes Tattering in the wind      bent wheels clacking Loose spokes, rusted fender,      what happened to my Lycra shorts? I work at Wal-Mart      my Phd in Philosophy I shoeshine on Wall Street      loose teeth … Continue reading →

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I Could Have Been

Posted on 09/22/2011 by Jeff May

I could have been a man famous for song for art for science and for love I could have been someone other than who I am But in the end I am who I am and we are all the same Share on Facebook

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