Six and Sixty
When one is six
He wonders how can such a spirit be Contained in such a body.
When one is sixty He wonders the same thing.
Mike Stone
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When one is six
He wonders how can such a spirit be Contained in such a body.
When one is sixty He wonders the same thing.
Mike Stone's poem is only a few lines long, but it holds a whole lifetime. A six-year-old and a sixty-year-old are placed side by side, and the surprise is that they ask the same question: how can something as big as a spirit fit inside a body?
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