Is an emerging poet. He has been published in Stylus Poetry
Journal, Ink Magazine, Social Alternatives and anthologies
in both Australia and elsewhere, with poems forthcoming in
Muse Apprentice Guild and LinQ. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.
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turning sixty
turning sixty’s nothing new
just more of a nuisance
known as a number
senior citizen cards identify
weaned bank managers repossess my dignity
my penis has shrunk
i’m always forgetting things
and postie just waves
now
the possums on the roof
scare me more than death
Copyright © 2004 Michael Riley
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