9 #9 Do Dare Explain?

It's been a long day
Fitting a week in one day
Enough to fade you
Knees buckling over themselves
Earning a few more gray hairs

The shadow's no lie
Just watching something like that
Enough to spook you
Inexplicable, crazy
Just why would he volunteer?

Do I dare explain?
Is it worth concerning her?
…Worries as it is
She may have difficulty
And wouldn't leave me alone

Too old for this s**t
I'll soon be a Grandfather

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poem by Sir Lyon Downes
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