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Retirement present tense, age 72.

Wayne Blair 1951 (London)

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What to do
Time is mine
Factory clock
Just a thing of the past.
Hilary asks, so what’s up?
Take a drive?
Shop a bit?
Cut the hair
Or good reading amass?
Two years now
Quite unchained
Wondered how
It might run.
Try my hand at
Harmonicas sweet.
Comfy suite way up high
Many needs are nearby
And a bunch of
Nice neighbours to meet.
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Written on March 22, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 22, 2023

Modified on March 22, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGHIJAJKLMNNOM
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 330
Words 72
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19
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Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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