creeps into my poems lately
(check the last one)
I’m still young, I still write poetry, still
compel hands to hover over the keys,
fingers to tap out some muddled sentiment
on this hot whirring box of wires
missing my older poems written
at 19 when I was a little more wild
maybe more unaffected
I still have time (we all think this way)
to do something with my life