Tuesday, April 3, 2007

wisdom / youth surmise

wisdom, though empirically
acquired is not intuitive
no matter what your sources say

no matter how often many
times you're given advice
it's not until you slip

trapped in the grip of a vice
handcuffed to the radiator
as they go through your socks

in search of tiny, crystal rocks
that the absurdity of your mission
the sating of addiction

of your daily life become
so apparent you wonder how
your parents didn't catch on

but they too are not so wise
or so you in your youth surmise.

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