I have a time<\/p>\n
to give you.<\/p>\n
I have a moment to spare,<\/p>\n
thanks to the clock<\/p>\n
on the mantel.<\/p>\n
I want you to know<\/p>\n
that once,<\/p>\n
I adored you.<\/p>\n
Once I left you<\/p>\n
in charge of the children,<\/p>\n
and you let them<\/p>\n
go astray.<\/p>\n
You led them away<\/p>\n
from me.<\/p>\n
My dogs are tired,<\/p>\n
and the heat<\/p>\n
takes a toll.<\/p>\n
I used to want more<\/p>\n
than the average bear,<\/p>\n
I used to strive<\/p>\n
toward Jupiter.<\/p>\n
I wanted to walk<\/p>\n
on Saturn’s sandy rings,<\/p>\n
and deploy my parachute<\/p>\n
on Mars.<\/p>\n
I’ve mountains to cross,<\/p>\n
rivers to ford.<\/p>\n
I’ve kissed the waves<\/p>\n
on two oceans,<\/p>\n
and dipped my toes<\/p>\n
in the Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>\n
It was there that the fossil<\/p>\n
I found, I took home,<\/p>\n
and bound by its secrets,<\/p>\n
I buried it.<\/p>\n
There is no place<\/p>\n
like the home you dig into,<\/p>\n
and the place you put<\/p>\n
old treasures.<\/p>\n
And I’ve a lot of bags<\/p>\n
of dust crusted\u00a0things,<\/p>\n
and tomes of forgotten<\/p>\n
memories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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