enjoy this Chris Butler writing
in the Scars Publications free 2011 PDF file chapbook: Antimatter
(click on the front cover image or the
title text to download the free PDF file)
Olde Thymer’s
Chris Butler
I wish I’d died before I got old,
as my double-helix spirals downward,
but these are the genes I wear,
since they are my only pair.
My double-helix spirals downward,
covered in defective chromosomes,
but they are my only pair,
like decaying leaves on the family tree.
Covered in defective chromosomes,
smothering my precious brain cells
like decaying leaves on the family tree,
I sit in my rocking chair awaiting my fate.
Smothered by my precious brain cells,
I sink, drowning in dementia,
sitting in my rocking chair awaiting my fate,
stalling regularly to recall.
As I sink, drowning in dementia,
naively believing that life is fair,
I stall regularly to recall
all the tales I’ve been told.
I still naively believe that life is fair,
since these are the genes I wear,
but from all the tales I’ve been told,
I wish I’d died before I got old.
