Settled nicely into routine
methodical middle age. Peaks
and valleys leveled off into serene
horizon lines—a steady progression of learned techniques
through errors in trial, successes in intent.
Now it is my heart that is being choked
out by my parents, grandparents
without their knowledge or consent. I’ve been poked
by needles, dosed with radiation,
forced to evacuate on an empty tank.
methodical middle age. Peaks
and valleys leveled off into serene
horizon lines—a steady progression of learned techniques
through errors in trial, successes in intent.
Now it is my heart that is being choked
out by my parents, grandparents
without their knowledge or consent. I’ve been poked
by needles, dosed with radiation,
forced to evacuate on an empty tank.
I’ve since abandoned all expectation,
wiped the tarot cards blank.
wiped the tarot cards blank.
Comfortable in my falling apart:
graying beard, balding head, flabby belly, hard-pumping heart.
graying beard, balding head, flabby belly, hard-pumping heart.
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