I will not learn

by Mike Bell

I will not learn another language - nor drive at speeds to Nürburgring in a Maserati - & I will

not make love to three others at once [instead escorted nearer a 60th year by time’s whores]

& I’ll not be aligned to right wing sympathies [as is ageing’s want] - I stand apart [from that

boorish fall] - Perhaps baldness will not call - My chances of being a grandfather are less as

my kids’ futures crowd with quiet fears - all we had was Armageddon - a quick death - not this

leaden slide into a dire future of resentment & constant adjustments - Earth was home - I will

not know how it works out - I will cast my vote [with care] to fix what I can see as a mendable

whilst my children say it will not be repaired - I’ll not know how it all falls apart - far too old

to learn anything new or useful as this world endures every inanity we imbibed [to profit]