The sledge-hammer came down very early,
and I was shanghied into life.
I wake up at 58, thinking
'but I thought I was 21! '
But there's no time to think!
Today's screaming to be lived,
the vast machinery of Creation
has already begun its grinding.
Max Reif
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/reflection-of-a-middle-aged-man/
