pictured words

a simple pairing of pictures and poetry

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I. Keith hikes Old Man’s Cave
while I purchase a notebook
and count syllables.

II. I feel sixty one.
Yet I watch older women
hike in their dress shoes.

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Conkles Hollow Rim Trail (200 feet above the floor). Photo by Keith R. Good

Some young couples hike
the rim trail with their babies.
I smile, while cringing.