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Walking around, feeling alright
611.
Yes, I am. I’m walking around, feeling alright.
My sore right arm is at last getting better
Thanks to physio.
My back is great, not hurting, getting flexible,
Doing what a back should.
The toes on my right foot seem at last
To be ready to give up my big toe
Riding on the next toe, and the next toe
(Freed from the permanent burden
Of the big toe) is getting less scrunched
And straighter. It’s taken four years
Of walking barefoot on dry mornings
But I think we’re nearly there.
Even though I’m over sixty
(and will be for the rest of my life,
However short or long it lasts)
My body is still willing to change;
To grow new neurons very slowly,
To shift bones into new positions.
All I need now is music and dancing.
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Here’s the first of the Carey books:
