Wednesday, August 06, 2008

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Classic midlife. For whatever level of success the world yet holds, the die is cast. Long-since settled, bred, raised, trained, caught and released, and now going …

What?

And you may find yourself
in a beautiful house
with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself
Well...
How did I get here?


Next? A peculiar longing is the sloping beach, a crisis of identity the undertow. The bairns are raised, I can swim …

But …

Walked this strand for awhile now. On one hand, the land and people I love. On the other …

… the endless immensity of the sea.

But …

By itself, a half century is nothing. Something has to happen, is all. And it will. The question is …

What?

(Meanwhile a trifling, foolish record of my fiftyishness)

11 comments:

Jodie Kash said...

It's your birthday, baby. Smile ;) You gots another year on the good side of the grass.

And yowsa.

Paula said...

Ack, porn!!!

(We really need to get 6-panel doors.)

Happy Lth, Don! Wishing you loads of good health and happy days. May you continue to look faboo.

Anne said...

Hitting fifty has been mighty strange indeed. The over-thinking everything-thing is exhausting!

Just be glad you're not a woman. That's even more fun.

Anonymous said...

He lives with one, Annie, so I'm sure he'll get the idea. :-)

Happy Birthday, Don!

Sal said...

Happy belated.

Fifty ain't so old.

Sal said...

Oh, yah. You oughta update your "More About Me"

;-)

Don said...

Done, tx.

Anne said...

I am sure he gets it empathetically, Joe. The sad truth is...unless he's packing a uterus, he can't know. :) (Sorry for saying uterus.)

Don said...

Quite all right, Annie. You should hear what my 80+ yr old parents talk about re medical. Oldsters these days!

Anonymous said...

Happy midlife, Don. At least you still have all your hair, right?

Teacake said...

I'm late as usual. Happy belated. :)