The birds\u00a0sing their morning crescendo<\/p>\n
Telling each other<\/p>\n
Their lofty plans for the day<\/p>\n
Smoofy comes in from catting around<\/p>\n
He settles\u00a0into his tower for sleep<\/p>\n
I make a second cup of coffee<\/p>\n
The sky takes on a soft pink<\/p>\n
The day begins softly<\/p>\n
The garbage truck rolls<\/p>\n
Picking up the\u00a0load from yesterday<\/p>\n
I stretch my tired and worn body<\/p>\n
Remembering my youth<\/p>\n
Remembering how the days ahead<\/p>\n
Are less than the days behind<\/p>\n
The lights go off<\/p>\n
The sun and the birds sing the morning together<\/p>\n
Smoofy is oblivious<\/p>\n
I wonder how many mornings<\/p>\n
I will have ahead<\/p>\n
Will I use them well<\/p>\n
Or am I\u00a0a bird chirping lofty ideals<\/p>\n
In the early morning light?<\/p>\n
Am I a day late\u00a0garbage truck?<\/p>\n
Am I the pink morning lost<\/p>\n
When the afternoon sun swelters?<\/p>\n
Am I the second cup of coffee<\/p>\n
Looking for that charge?<\/p>\n
Maybe\u00a0I am all of it<\/p>\n
An early morning<\/p>\n
In the late summer of my life<\/p>\n
Searching for lofty ideals<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Dreaming<\/p>\n
Instead of sleeping<\/p>\n
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