{"id":252,"date":"2013-11-14T02:17:13","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T02:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=252"},"modified":"2013-11-14T02:17:13","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T02:17:13","slug":"eighteen-years","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=252","title":{"rendered":"Eighteen Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

18 Years<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n

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18 years we’ve been together<\/p>\n

Most of it you’ve been my wife<\/p>\n

Through all kinds of weather<\/p>\n

18 years — the sign of life<\/p>\n

You’ve had our children<\/p>\n

You’ve given me courage in times of strife<\/p>\n

18 years is truly long and what’s more<\/p>\n

another 18 will be 2004<\/p>\n

Who could have guessed, who could have known<\/p>\n

that over 18 we would have grown<\/p>\n

and be so happy with what we’ve sown<\/p>\n

Is life mirage or is it triage?<\/p>\n

Are we here to drink some beer or love someone dear?<\/p>\n

18 years– we’ve lived through a war<\/p>\n

we’ve lived through some pain<\/p>\n

but all told I’d do it again<\/p>\n

so let’s go for 18 more<\/p>\n

August 1986<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Context: \u00a0Well, I really don’t know. \u00a0Our wedding anniversary is October, but around that time in 1986, I went to London<\/p>\n

to begin working on Antarctic krill (see my professional web page) at the invitation of my long-time friend John Beddington. \u00a0And krill have been very, very good to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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