Wrinkles are a map,
A weathered one, weathered as only time can do,
The miniature hills and valleys themselves a journey
Reflecting the path of their wearer
Through so many days and days
And some too from the sunshine that fell on an unhatted noggin
Turning hair golden, scorching ears and noses.
I would like to be that sunshine
Beating down on the heads of the unwitting
Turning their faces brown and red
Sweeping over the earth in waves
Returning each day anew
To wrinkle up the world,
To draw new maps on the faces of the creatures below.
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