where are they now?

we compare

and contrast our lives with others

of similar

ages,

similar pasts.

are they richer

than us, doing better,

do they have

a prettier wife

or more handsome husband.

or have all their

marriages failed?

do they have a house

at the beach?

cape cod perhaps.

are their children

on their own or in jail

or homeless

or on drugs, what kind

of cars do they have,

what does

their 401k look like.

do they have all their hair,

have they grown

fat

and slovenly,

we are such shallow people

at times, pointing

our fingers,

googling the lives

of others. forgive us lord,

for how we do 

love to compare.