Didn't people die every day that you did whatever it was that you did before the day that you died? All while the uncomfortable truth emerged and whispered that you made no good goddamn difference, while the others stress to burnish into new time the lie that says that even that has got to stand good for something, even if, in truth, it was good for absolutely nothing.
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Turning 60
Ten months into my 61st year, I realized that moving into advanced age has a wonderfully useful ancillary; that turning 60, in my case, automatically paired me up with the complement of 60 years of life's experience to help me navigate the new times and the great path forward, aligned on either side by the wonderous unknown.