revelation

In a world too tight to fit into yesterday’s shirt

we learn to live with the fact

that rings get too tight and passions wilt

and cigarettes go from in style to x-rays and white sheets.

Nothing lasts for long

not even the love i write about on paper

can survive the dust mites in the closet

where i store my old notebooks.

You are not permanent

and neither is the ink in this pen

Neither is that t-shirt in the window display

of the athlete’s club that says

“Life is short.”

I can drink my seltzer and read about the denial of death.

That just makes me a pretty in pink realist

the right kind of crazy

to survive until the four come.

Reviews

[Paul Bell]

I suppose you just have to live in the hope it lasts forever.

[Paul Bell]

This is very maudling. Are you questioning your existence.

[Lizzie Madloch]

Not really questioning as much as acknowledging the impermanence of everything....

[The Nude Writer]

So cool :) Yes nothing lasts forever and you wrote about it so wonderfully :) Great ideas :)

[Cyprian Van Dyke]

Nice poem!

"Nothing lasts for long
not even the love I write about on paper," great line.

My love stories don't last long on paper either lol.