My wish for your retirement is a redistribution
that your skills find new niches
That your expertise is only called on rhetorically.
(More whimsy and less woe)
That you can be a historian, an artisan, a whale watcher, a handyman
but not a lawman.
(More coastal air and less coasting)
That the pawns you know stay on the chessboard.
(More book-reading and less booking)
That the only 3 am screams are cats.
(More gardening and less guarding)
That sleep is restful.
(More tea and less tiredness)