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The Hourglass


I wish that I had cared enough,

to mention once or twice

 

That what I wanted now has changed,

old virtues turned to vice

 

The past left misbegotten,

and future long disclaimed

 

The present what I’m running from

—its hourglass in flames

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020) 

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