Sunday, October 20, 2024

the drugs of youth

when you
no longer drink, or smoke
weed,
or
sniff glue,
or watch porn,
or eat
too much
of anything
you come to your senses.
you unplug
the video games,
the phone.
you're back
to how you were born.
new again.
enlightened,
no longer in the fog
of youth,
you pick up a book,
willing at last to grow wise,
to grow old.

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