Breviary
 
Ten days into
A writers' conference,
I think that monks
Did right by silence.
 

 
 
Old Math
 
Addition is the rule of youth
As life brings skills and jobs and more,
But at some point subtraction starts
To take what did accrue before.
 
Retirement can deplete too soon
Hard-earned, long-held financial gains,
If all that multiplies with age
Are costs and losses, aches and pains.

Jane Blanchard

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