Midlife Musings

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Midlife is sex

that moves like a conversation,

not a conquest.

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It’s the removal of the cloak of roles

that used to hang like a noose

around your neck.

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Midlife unfurls the cloak like a blanket,

sits its ass on it and sets about

feasting

on all the delicious food

it used to deny itself.

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It knows life is a fleeting picnic,

and it better dig in

while the getting’s good.

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