enlightenment

the age of enlightenment
at sixteen or seventeen,
is a strange and wonderous thing.
that sudden epiphany
of how dumb and senseless
the world is.
parents and elders,
jobs and school
is like a sudden beam
of light entering
your brain, but it fades
in times, this full knowledge
of what it all means.
you can't be holden
caufield forever, although
you never stop
from trying.
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