in pictures they seem to peer out
from an ocean of wisdom
in reality they see the world
a blurry gray worse than the
feeble-eyed grandmother
without her glasses
I think it’s important
to see them cannonball
on the surface romp
with their children in the
shallows before they nose
dive into the untold legends
for the lives we know only
curl in waves at the surface
their real characters develop
in a plot still being written
unfolding heroes
if there are any
deep into the story
hopefully before the end
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