Today I love
     getting old 
So much undone
     that I will never do... 
The bucket list 
     has a hole in it 
The bucket leaks... 
I am not able-
     can't afford-
And beginning to see 
     the difference between- 
ideas 
     and 
          reality- 
Ideas are 
     much trouble...
Reality- 
     takes care 
          of itself
As in 
     the garden 
Where butterflies fly 
     and robins-
          hop -among the 
               mint-
-I still pull 
     the occasional 
          weed- 
And water 
     some- 
But overall, 
     it does 
          what 
                it wants 
And it's
     better 
That 
     way 
The bucket
     belongs 
In that sort of 
     garden 
-Useful 
     even with 
a hole 
     in it- 
No more lists- 
     if lists 
          can be avoided 
As long as we include 
      God- 
And put her 
     at the top 
     of the list 
Well--
     that is 
          the trick  
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