Thirty

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I woke up this morning in the body of a thirty year old man

Arms hairy, face creased

My thirty year old lungs singed

My thirty year old heart burnt


But my thirty year old mind is strong

Front filled with knowledge

Back with pleasures and pains


Strange how the skin loosens

As the soul tautens

I feel in ways more and less myself with each breath and beat

I've learned much and forgotten more


What did Xiodong Han, say?

Listen to those who help you

Forget those who don't


I hope I'll be as strong at sixty

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