.
day light shifts from bright to dim
without an edge, it’s all interim,
no borderline from wide to slim
the sun comes up an orange blaze
shadows gone in wild displays
no boundary is in any gaze
when life from bud to apple goes
and succulence and color grows
earth is slowly, smoothly changing pose
breath is one in respiration
there are no halts, no hesitations
as any halt would mean cessation
birth moves on to what comes next
years tick off from more to less,
what follows then requires a guess
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Jim Culleny
4/8/16