Much younger,
You were always
Asking what
To do next
With yourself
To stave off
The haunting
Feeling of wasting
Precious time,
And never received
An answer that did not
Generate another time-
Worn question—so good so far
And so full of youthful wit but this
Time around, when
Obituaries and life
Celebrations
Of close friends
And relatives keep
After you wherever
You turn, what do you think
The next question is
Going to be
Making the rounds?
Time to go helter-skelter
Back to square one
While you still have enough
Time and your threadbare wits all
In one piece about you—
Who knows? You just might
Make it this time around.
Asking what
To do next
With yourself
To stave off
The haunting
Feeling of wasting
Precious time,
And never received
An answer that did not
Generate another time-
Worn question—so good so far
And so full of youthful wit but this
Time around, when
Obituaries and life
Celebrations
Of close friends
And relatives keep
After you wherever
You turn, what do you think
The next question is
Going to be
Making the rounds?
Time to go helter-skelter
Back to square one
While you still have enough
Time and your threadbare wits all
In one piece about you—
Who knows? You just might
Make it this time around.
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