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all that money gone
for 286 ibm compatible
with four megabytes
of random access memory
rolodex
polaroid square shooter
freakin' eight track
boom box
olympus OM1
ford goddamn fiesta,
escort, ranger
smith corona with
self correcting ribbon
black & white analog TV
a thousand rolls of kodachrome
cassette tapes
beeper
answering machines
and dream on dream on dream
and then this woman
and that one
and houses
and goddamn apartments
and this job
and that
and bosses
all egos and attitudes
and the whole thing
an endless goddamned
treadmill marathon
and failure like some dark angel
on your heels
but then you're old
and, thank the gods,
still here,
digging the garden,
pruning the apple tree
in the early wet shoe
morning,
the sun bright enough
to blind you
and you're seeing
lover
sky
tree
everything
maybe for the first time
in your puny little life
and, jesus
if it ain't all just good
for 286 ibm compatible
with four megabytes
of random access memory
rolodex
polaroid square shooter
freakin' eight track
boom box
olympus OM1
ford goddamn fiesta,
escort, ranger
smith corona with
self correcting ribbon
black & white analog TV
a thousand rolls of kodachrome
cassette tapes
beeper
answering machines
and dream on dream on dream
and then this woman
and that one
and houses
and goddamn apartments
and this job
and that
and bosses
all egos and attitudes
and the whole thing
an endless goddamned
treadmill marathon
and failure like some dark angel
on your heels
but then you're old
and, thank the gods,
still here,
digging the garden,
pruning the apple tree
in the early wet shoe
morning,
the sun bright enough
to blind you
and you're seeing
lover
sky
tree
everything
maybe for the first time
in your puny little life
and, jesus
if it ain't all just good
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