Gabriel City » Aging http://gabrielcity.com Gabriel City is a community for the tens of millions of Americans directly affected by our criminal justice system. We come together to share our stories and help to shape new ones. Inmates and the formerly incarcerated, family members of those serving time, men and women under community supervision, professionals in criminal justice and corrections, and the victims of crime; we support and respect each other as we work to break the endless cycle of crime and incarceration that afflicts our nation. Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:18:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 On Aging http://gabrielcity.com/poetry-and-spoken-word/on-aging.html http://gabrielcity.com/poetry-and-spoken-word/on-aging.html#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:17:19 +0000 hcdmedia http://gabrielcity.com/?p=1389 On Aging

Is aging necessary
Must we die
Cells live forever
Why not I.

Protons and neutrons
Do not grow old
Nor does electricity or gravity
So I’ve been told.

Our DNA never changes
Even after 600 million years
That’s almost forever
As in my book it appears.

So live on old man
And avoid all accidents
Get as old as you can
And avoid stress in the can.

Live for the day
You can die tomorrow
But tomorrow never comes
So we avoid death’s sorrow.

-Hans Jensen, inmate

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