On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Gwern Branwen <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2009/05/18/090518po_poem_frazier > > "And so, at last, I am turning forty, > In just a couple of days. > The big four-oh. > Yes, that is soon to be my age. > (And not fifty-eight. No way. That Wikipedia is a bunch of liars.) > Nope, not any other age, just forty. > What other age could someone born in 1969 (and not 1951) > Possibly be? > (And please do not listen to my ex-wife, that sad, bitter woman in her > late fifties.) > What does it feel like, old bones? > Yes, I have lost a step or two in the hundred-metre dash. > I accept these changes. > But if a guy says in a published poem that he is forty, > As I am doing here, > It’s obvious that must be the age that he is, > Officially." > > -- > gwern <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l> > So is he 58 or 40? His article currently says he was born in 1951, but there's no reference. -- Alex (User:Majorly) _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
