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Real retirement?

So if there is no work, what will I do?

OK, I can write, but will that fill

The hours between eating and the few

Self-imposed appointments which distil

Into a mess of generalities,

Amorphous days which drift into each other

Differentiated only by the ties

Of weekly meetings; sound retirement fodder.

Of course, life could pick up; it seems I could

Immerse myself in real fulfilling tasks,

Unpaid, but useful to the general good,

If only I'd respond to those who ask.

            But at the moment I don't feel the urge

            To volunteer for things that might emerge.

Brian Hick September 2011

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