Thursday, November 3, 2022

why leave?

children
don't leave anymore.

it's easier to stay
at home,

where they were born.
the same

room where they colored
books

and wrote poems.
free room 

and board.
college

was just a short time
ago,

degrees don't matter
anymore.

thirty is close,
forty

is an ominous bell
ringing.

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