Mohamad S Bazzi

 

The Aged And The Unripe

(April 29, 2023)

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​The Aged speak unconsciously​

Differently than​ the Unripe speak

 

Unconsciously.

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The Aged​​ mutter flowingly​

Like a soothed bird

Trilling

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Into a soothing wind.

 

Steady in its strata

Comfortable in its course

Familiar with itself and ​acquainted

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With its surroundings.

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The Unripe​ tumble

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Through vast skies

Newly discovered 

And seemingly​

 

Infinite.

 

The way the inside of an inverted bowl

Might seem ​infinite.

 

They grapple at words 

The same way one grapples

At clouds and cliffs alike​.

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Asserting every one 

As if unsure of its altitude​

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And reliability​​​​.

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