Old And Wise

[poliphilo]

OLD AND WISE                              

                                   

To turn into an ancestor

While still alive, to become a shrine

Of wormy wood and joss-stick ash:

It could happen any time now. Your grip

Loosens and the pitons go

And you slither down into the blue-green gulf

Where all your dreams become posthumous.

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

There's a family wedding coming up at the end of the week. Ailz has been helping to make the cake and I've got a commission to take lots and lots of photos. I'm very much aware that our perceived role in the scheme of things is to be the elderly, eccentric aunt and uncle.

And why not?