Finding Grace

whilst in decline
is a life consuming habit.

Old Age Creates It's Own Tunes

In my own small way I salute Robert Wyatt.
For fifty years, and for better and worse,
he has balanced being a musician
with trying to be a sentient human being.
Now nearing 70 he is retiring
and facing the issues of old age
which seem incompatible
with creating new music.

Perhaps old age creates it's own music.

Signs Of Greater Age (28)

1-when you leave the house the last two questions
you ask yourself are 'Which hat shall I wear today?'
and 'What bag do I need to take with me?'.
That is after it took ages to vouchsafe
for your list, house/car keys and purse/wallet.

2-admiring Morrissey for his media profile
rather more than the music he puts out-
he puts so much energy into being awkward
with the people he ought to want to help him
that he makes being maladaptive an art form.

 

The Cup Of Life

-the emptier it gets the lighter it leaves us feeling,
and the more our thoughts are clarified.

Signs Of Greater Age (10)

1- finding it is not heart disease
to find the pleasure in hope deferred,
instead it seems natural, almost mature,
to delay the gratification of the senses.

2-finding music that is more melodic
and quieter than the music you grew up
with is easier on the ear than you expected,
and the music you once knew seeming noisy.

3-Finally finding the joy of shared silences.

Old Coffee,

like old age, is best served weak-
the better to disguise it's bitterness.