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Rated: E · Other · Philosophy · #1572434
Thoughts on life
THE BANQUET
(Regrets)

When I was young
and life was
freshly sliced
upon my plate,

Too cautiously
did I partake.
In vain
my soul to sate,

I've nibbled
at the edges
and devoured
all the crumbs;

But never reached
for sweeter meat
and now....
the Busboy comes.

Dilly 1985

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