The dark future

The world is too young

to have this many old around

who say that

this is the way

the world works

while I’m here

a martyr of laziness

slipping around with one sock

and mustard stains

and an airplane strip for a forehead

and a child’s Halloween bag for a stomach

trying to do very little

to show the world

what a little sacrifice

could do

for I have become

the old in the young

looking at the world

and saying

isn’t there more?

The world could work

better.

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The future

will be great

with everyone talking

about who they will

be

and I’m glad

I’ll be dead

by then.