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Transition (All Of The Above)


Nobody could want to admit
the sensation of youthfulness
does not blossom for the efforts
of any wild scene
or paganistic fun
but does rather come and go
a fever, ephemeral
until the generation's immune
and the feeling moves on down

and
nobody could want to admit
a forlorn majority have acted
on principle throughout their lives
with little or no reward
and those who make homes
of their pigeonholes
do so not because they are vermin
but because they can

and
nobody could want to admit
the pursuit of pleasure appears
ever more repellent
even morbid
as if the heart of such an existence
is masturbation
in the face of extinction

and
nobody could want to admit
all of the above feels perfectly
natural
like wiping from a screen
the household dust that makes
no issue of its origin

and
nobody could want to admit
their mortality threatens
to uncoil itself
through panic alone