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Hitting 50

Suppose to be a big deal
half a century
time to join a group? (AARP)
write a will?
curtail my physical exertions?
 
Get started on that eulogy  
termed by some cathartic  
check the retirement funds  
not where they should be
 
I feel old when the subject is music
the 20 and under crowd give blank stares
Peter Gabriel, Shawn Colvin, The English Beat, Smokey Robinson  
 
Even older when my butt is kicked in laser tag  
gamers conditioned with reality based scenarios  
hand and eye coordination in it’s prime
 
Those things that passed me by:
falling in love, having kids, tying the knot, house in my name  
 
Things that I can do:  
stay out late, forget time, pour out my soul to anyone wanting to listen  
 
I still have one education step
they call it a doctorate  
opening doors, a majestic title  
or just more debt?  
 
My politics are more guided in being human
did the party building  
chaired a small town partisan group  
so tired of the hypocrisy  
and fear based communication  
 
My toes dabbled in running for office  
the necessity of bucks a strong deterrent  
 
Volunteer a bit but feel like I should do more
Oregon ain’t the place for people of color but then where is?  
 
Maybe revise poems no one wants to read?  
just breathe in life
Lennon’s last songs—-a template for where to go?  
 
50...the alternative is off the plate!
Written by JAZZMANOR
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