there is a time to give
there is a time to receive
a proverb written somewhere
by somebody long ago
for me.
now, with the weight of the years
choking me breathless
I understand at last.
I am giving away my books
(something I thought I would never do)
and giving away my music
(but nobody wants LP\'s any more)
and giving away my cameras
(no faces left to photograph)
and giving away my guns
(no one will harm me in my coffin)
and giving away my shirts
(suddenly too tight for me)
and giving away my god
(suddenly so small and boring)
and soon I will be left bent and naked
with nothing more to give
ready to receive the much promised
paradise, but with only one virgin
for all eternity.