The Pensioner Poem by Daniel Brick

The Pensioner

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People ask me, Now you're retired
from government service, will you
leave Port Trakl for some mainland city?
I am puzzled by this question. Do they
think my work is finished, like a cheap novel?

What will you do now? they ask.
And I answer, I will keep body
and soul together, because they tend
to drift apart. They have no interest
in each other, but they depend wholly

each on the other. How can soul, that
pure figure of light, scrounge around
the hinterlands, looking for traces of
the elixir? And how is the body capable
of choosing which realm is just right

for its animal happiness? Everyday
I must solder together body and soul
into some semblance of one identity.
It is the task of a lifetime, really
of many lifetimes across spacetime.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: body,soul
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Pamela Sinicrope 13 October 2015

So is this also the bartender? You answered all my questions on the previous post...I think!

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Kelly Kurt 13 October 2015

Keeping the body, mind and spirit synchronous as we age is a space-time requirement for sanity.....I think

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Hazel Durham 20 December 2016

To feed the body and soul with positivity is a lifetimes journey of twists and turns along a road of our making. To seek the truth deep inside our hearts and souls is to find fulfillment! Brilliant write!

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Daniel Brick 20 December 2016

Nice to see you Hazel. It's been a small mountain of time since we communicated. You expre Youmsee this clearly.ss the philosophical awareness of my pensioner very clearly. He is no loser, ishe? He has a grasp on what matters in character and deed.

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Valsa George 19 October 2015

This is a situation we the retirees face every day! People keep asking similar questions and we are puzzled! Yes, after sixty keeping the body and mind together is a herculean task! The body may not be able to reach where the mind aspires to travel! How correctly you have expressed the dilemma we face at this age after retirement!

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Liza Sudina 18 October 2015

soul, that pure figure of light, scrounge around the hinterlands, looking for traces of the elixir? - head is just swirling by your imagination! task of a lifetime, really of many lifetimes across spacetime. - the exact task of finding harmony for any person!

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M Asim Nehal 14 October 2015

Awesome, to keep body sync with soul is uphill task specially when you live with and around narrow minds who keep inquiring about you with a view to hurt you.....Great write, Sir. Loved it. The satire in this poem is exceptional.

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Paul Sebastian 14 October 2015

Sometimes the body is willing but the soul is unwilling, vice versa. The little while more seems to be so long. We keep our balance between spirit, soul and body. Thank you for the poem.

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