The Second Half

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The Second Half
Illustrated poem on turning 50.
Edition all sold now.
ISBN 0-9583372-4-1

The Second Half
It is my fiftieth year
From nothing to nowhere
I am content.
In these consequences
Of my unguided choosing,
Fortune-ate.
Viewing my dry Autumn
In this damp Spring,
The arid if-onlys
From early promise
Are as nothing
To this young girl's fist
Full of wet daffodils.

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