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My Plan for the Next 80 Years

A short poem.

J.G. Forrester
Nov 1 · 1 min read

If you need me I’ll
Be living like Walter Mitty,
And sailing out too far
Like Santiago.
I’ll be a-hoeing my beans
With my dear friend Henry,
And in what time is left
I’ll write an unheard story;

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J.G. Forrester

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Writer of poems and a few brief essays. Lover of all creative types. Eager to learn, and to admit ignorance.

Notes From the Ether

A collection of poems by J.G. Forrester, concerning an eclectic variety of topics.

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