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COMMENTARY

Echoes

Guest columnist

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we are

together

amidst

this

messy

confusing

by turns

joyful

sad

and in

between

experience

called

being

alive

the one

permission

seldom

granted

each other

easily

is

to get

old

you look

so

good

we exclaim

and then

you havent

changed

a bit

how many

stays

against

age

are

marketed

daily

as if

it is

a disease

to be

cured

a condition

caused by

something

done

wrong

please know

the old

would

rather

remain

young

at least

become

no

problem

end

of life

experts

suggest

that you

will need

to say

it is ok

for them

to die

but when

we hear

that

s o b

death

stalking

i may

smile

if you

whisper

in my ear

stay

stubborn

keep

fighting

there is

an exciting

ballgame

on tomorrow

night

h.

Hubert Neth, a United Methodist pastor, has been contributing to the Journal for more than 20 years.
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