A Person Protest To Fate by Jane Hirshfield Lyrics

“The things you have caused
Me most to want
Are those that furthest elude me.”

Fate nods
Fate is sympathetic

To tie the shoes, button a shirt
Are triumphs
For only the very young
The very old

During the long middle:

Conjugating a rivet
Mastering tango
Training the cat to stay off the table
Preserving a single moment longer than this one
Continuing to wake whatever has happened the day before

And the penmanships love practices inside the body