Poem May 14, 1984 ISSUE

The longer run

CAROL CHAPIN LINDSEY

Do you recall your first ambitions—fireman, president, policeman,driver of a garbage truck?(How limited they seem, how quaint!)

For the longer runwe need a deeper lookat what we really want:money, fame, the life of Riley?(Riches make themselves wingsthe Bible says,and fame can backfire,ease become a bore.)

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