Monday 13 January 1986

The Elixir of Life

I have not had a birthday since 13 January.
Here is why ...


Is a birthday a
   real, physical, tangible
       thing? Or a figment?

Truly it's only
   a concept, a thought of mind.
                  Being conceptual it

is subjective, subject
   to free choice, and freely I
               forget my birthday.

Simply obvious -
      see the elixir of youth:
   "Do not count the years."