A baby thinks about now,
pre-schoolers understand tomorrow,
by kindergarten the weekend comes into view.

Summer and next year are clear to adolescents,
but adults see occasions rather than seasons:
Mary will go to college, in fifteen years.

Middle age sharpens this focus ―
we left after Mary’s graduation,
I’ll go as soon as I get my new teeth.

As we age, tracking time with events eases:
I’ll take a nap this afternoon, after lunch,
I’ll exercise when it gets warm, next summer.

Finally we come full circle,
and only the increments become critical.
We ask, what day is it?

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