I was dining with a friend who lives in London and whom I don’t see very often. Crisp and well pressed, focused and confident, he seems to get younger each time I see him. It occurred to me, over the tiny shoal of whitebait, that if my friend’s body is his temple (albeit one with a few rough edges), mine is a sagging bicycle shed, graffitied over with years of toxic neglect. With exponential advances in technology, some say, a baby born today has the potential to live for 1,000 years. Life would be one long lukewarm bathThe port and starboard lights were staining the water green and red.

Source: The Irish Times January 05, 2018 06:00 UTC