Friday, January 22, 2021

maybe next year

next year i'll retire, 
the man says.
and yet he keeps working.
he needs
to work.
he needs to have his hands busy.
to move
his legs,
to think and breathe
with others.
it's not about the money,
but he can't imagine a life
lived differently.
next year he says, 
maybe next year i'll lie
down at last
and rest.

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