Septuagenarian Memoirs No. 9

Septuagenarian Memoirs No. 9

Alan Altany

He hounds me down
in hiding from me
during passionate
bouts of dark doubts
& hearty longings,
a marathon of years
as surreal as the chase
from worlds to worlds;
I hear his breath
in my confused soul
and am totally alone
with Him alone.
He hounds me
through my mind’s
caverns of thoughts
until I am exhausted
in the running,
both sad & elated,
not knowing why
He hides so deeply
in gathering me
& how in any world
we are chasing
each other so
desperately
together.

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Alan Altany
Poet

Alan Altany is a partially retired, septuagenarian college professor of religious studies and theology. He has been a factory worker, swineherd on a farm, hotel clerk, lawn maintenance worker, high school teacher, small magazine of poetry editor, director of religious education for churches, truck driver, novelist, among other things. In 2022, he published a book of poetry entitled A Beautiful Absurdity. You can find his work at alanaltany.com. 

Photography by Valentino Valkaj