aging hipster
all my life
i've wanted to be older
"22", i'd say,
"That's the perfect age.
Legal drinking, plus a year
to prove i can drink responsibly."
so here i am.
22
where's all the glory i imagined?
where's the respect?
i still get carded.
for cigarettes
go into the market in the morning
bleary eyes, sandpaper stubble
do you think i'm really that
young?
where's all the chicks?
i've been single for a year.
again.
come and talk to me, miss
i'm cool
where's the adventure?
the excitement?
the really wild things?
"32", i say
"That's the perfect age."
then i can have a midlife crisis