inept.

tomorrow's escape, we fail to understand that
change
between the silence of six and that of eighteen
is a damp web
centred in what cigarettes and cask wine
cannot dry.

the suggestions of
a history dictates
cheek kisses do not give
and hand shakes do not take.

what you need to do is simple;
what you will, and can, is not.

today is taking knowledge
from untrained teachers and the
aspiration of change.
growing older is not the answer.