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Coming of Age

Mike Brennan

This whole floor smells like shit
Not of babies
But excrement distinctly elderly
I’m barely pushing 30
& I hate thinking
Won’t you just please
Die off already
2 heart attacks & 2 strokes
The hunchback
Twisted over
In line in front
Of me chokes
While begging for 10 more pills
& I have died a couple of times
From a whole lot less
Conducting intravenous experiments
& right now I despise
Wasting my transient time
& although I most certainly
Embrace humanity & everyday empathy
I know the hospital staff is getting paid
A dollar amount for this hour
I will never be refunded back
& even though I may be terribly self-indulgent
I really never thought I would live this long
Measuring a day at a time
In coffee grounds & coffin nails
& it’s no wonder why
The samurais supported suicide
& I just wish our wrinkled warriors
Would also take pride
In the manner in which they die
So I‘ll just let the whole world know
If I become a disease wracked burden
& if I am all brittle back & wishbone broken
But for whatever reason possibly appear
Witty, worldly and wise-
I still won’t want to live this life.



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