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No respect, Billy, but these seem to come by so easy for you. They almost feel like exercises. Suddenly comes a thunderous epiphany in an unassuming poem and kapow.

“And the realization that no one
who ever breasted the waters of time
has figured out a way to avoid dying

Always pulls me up by the reins and settles me down
by a roadside, grateful for the sweet weeds
and the mouthfuls of colorful wildflowers.”

from Memento Mori

Four stunning poems in and I am hooked!