A New Wrinkle (edit4)

[dukealien]

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I wear the darkly shaded eyes of age:
a newly sagging epicanthic fold–
at odds with my known occidental birth–
surprised me just this morning.  Shall I rage
embittered at this sign of growing old
or welcome rest’s approach a shadow’s-worth?

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Thanks to both critics.  After cycling through four or five alternatives to "rage," I decided the cliche was in "rage against" rather than "rage" itself.  I do not, after all

repeat it   although there are definite echoes of Dylan Thomas with, perhaps, an alternative offered.