February 25, 2025

"still asking the same questions"



I’m sure I’m
not the only person
my age
who is still asking
the same questions
about existence
that I asked
in adolescence,
but sometimes
when I look at the faces
of people my age
all I see are loaves
of bread, smiling,
as if baking
had been a great pleasure.

in Pink Dust by Ron Padgett

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