Fall Colors
An October day, and guys my age
all over the world
are trying to recapture lost youth
by foolishly riding bikes up slopes,
running in neighborhood hills,
hearts pounding beyond the safe zone.
Aged, overweight men who feel the need
to prove that they still have it-
the magic exuberance of adolescence,
the liveliness, excitement and energy
that once dominated their very beings.
All over the world they are dying,
fighting the apathy of sedentary living,
Courageously they fight themselves,
warriors waging a losing war against time.
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