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"Pain Is A Great Attention Getter" by Joe DiMino.
Pain is a great attention getter
Grounds you so closely
One can taste the dirt,
Feel the larva, anticipating
The mold;
With advantage over youth though
At least no longer rabid
Try to avoid thought of the process!
But one really cannot entirely,
The new vintage coming on
With the same wobble if drunk
But no intoxication, for this aged
Is more sobering
My own collectablewho else but me
Would want me?
From prime to antique seeming overnight
And if inclined as I have been to casual worship
Now devout even zealot--
Dusting off my mothers saints;
I look for transparencies everywhere
In the earth and sky
In the old books I reread
Able now to recite many phrases
From memory;
Look again at the stains on pages
I never bought new ones,
Always having preferred the pre-handled
Wondering hated or loved?
As much as the texts
Treasured the stains
Is this one coffee? And that a tear?
With some seeming blood
The smiles you cant see
So I wish a few of my own
Hoping they will cling somehow
Even if just at the frayed edges,
Tuck between the bindings separating;
It is that thought of parting
That intrigues me most
And the old shelves we will sit upon
Strangely paradox; and my most loyal
Companions through these years of process: as my mother said
Dust keeps;
But most of all I wonder: Will anyone ever
Read them as I did? Sing or rant their phrases
Out loud! Extol their virtues and condemn their lies;
Shout to the heavens my truths deciphered
And to hell with all my negatives
In conclusion, will there ever be
Another me?
To find me so late
Only having to let go
Yes, We grow old too soon
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