my pace and edged off the path
to make
room
for the old man
in a wheel
chair
pushed by a woman
from the nursing
home staff
up on the hill to where
i ran.
he tipped his hat at me
and said,
enjoy your life young man,
enjoy
your life.
it goes fast.
i still hear his words,
twenty years later
as i now
walk
the same path, going
in the same
direction
as he did. downhill,
it's all
downhill from here.
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