10th Anniversary of My 29th Birthday

It's the 10th Anniversary of my 29th birthday
Will I get what I want this year?
Will all that's come to me these 39 years
Fill the pocket occupied by seeming need?
Will I be who I want this year?
Will all that I've done and seen and been
Grow to more whole than the pile of dried seeds?
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My birthday enters Singing Autumn

Summer lingers
Green goes golden
Morning later
Evening sooner

Atonal rondos of
Neighborhood children now
Quiet, occasional
Indoors they worry through
Pages of stories and
Memorization of
Tables and scribbles
Tables and scribbles