Mile-Stones…

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Another milestone of time.

There is no youthful compassion

to commiserate with me.

There is no “Surprise!” party.

Just cold, cold dawn…

and the inevitable tide

washing away a little bit more

of that ragged edifice,

known to the world as me.

At the start of this, our longest day.

We are on the way…

to greet a Saint.

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