Permissible Age


There is a limit to permissible age
Where vitality’s tooth grows long towards brittle end
Time’s attention turns to serk hardier stock
Auditioning future acts with the carelessness only it can withstand
And we
having indulged a lucid dream of self long enough
Take a seat among the tall grass
Finally stopping to smell the flowers
And feel the sun on our faces
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