seventy-one times around the sun
(a forty billion mile run),
i’d clung to earth both day and night
as thirty thousand times it spun.
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and now, at four or five dogs old,
my body’s grown by thirty fold–
no matter how you add it up,
it comes to just one life, all told.
michaeljordahl 
71 times around the sun and it hasn’t even mussed your hair.
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Ha! It’s taking away my hair. Thanks for reading!
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You’re just a youngster. I have six more laps on you (lol!).
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I love it, Michael. Yes, we do seem to increase with age, both wisdom and girth! :>)
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