The thing about hard things

resting for a sec
mid-climb
i wonder how 'twould be
to dance with the wind

to run with the herd
swim with the tide
follow the laughter
and only that

no hard paths
no steep ascents
no miles to go
before i sleep

'tis idle chatter i know
a dalliance with
self-indulgence
that is never to be

a product of my age
more warrior no princess
i turn to battle
in nike-shod feet

two roads and all that
kept the first for another day
but as way leads on to way
i sigh and resume my climb

Turning 37

I am utterly shocked
Blindsided, one might say
At the nasty little business
That has been underway

Only today I discovered
Things so out of whack
And try as hard as one might
There is no going back

I ask and ask again
HOW on earth can it be
That in less than 5, just 5,
I will be, forty?

It's sorcery it's evil
No other words suffice
And I am just not buying
this ridiculous pack of lies

If you too have a claim
Join me for a class action suit
It's Time, someone called out
The insolence of that brute

Elastic Love

We plumb such depths

To dark dark places

With poison on our lips

And contorted faces

Sometimes it seems

The fault lines won't fill

These fault lines so deep

Oh they can kill

And yet and yet and yet

I ring the doorbell

You open, and wait,

You smile at me -

- and it's 2008

This elastic love

Is a thing, you know

You pull you pull

You even let go

But it pulls you back

Like a crazy thing

Like a bungee jump

Like an L-Square drink

**

"And though time goes by

I will always be

In a club with you

In 1973

Singing, here we go again."

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