By Misti
Date: 2005 Oct 04
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That Dreaded Ticking

woke up horny this morning
took out the trash with my tits bouncing
in my blue tie dyed shirt
feeling ripe and ready
like any young maiden
breezing through the spring
of her life

but the truth is
I'm somewhere between maiden and crone
I've slept through the spring
burned to a crisp through the summer
and now I'm scattered like the leaves
this fall
wanting it all when half of all
is not feasible

there are novels and short stories and poems
always more poems
to write
there is a self to protect and perfect
mistakes to correct and make beautiful, somehow
there is a mountain
a horrible jagged mountain beautiful in the morning light
I may never ascend

still that dreaded ticking
tick tock tricking me
in a couple of years it will be too late
will I procreate with blinders on
or just fuck
for fuck's sake
take another route
to immortality
all the world needs a mommy
after all
there are lots of banged up knees
to kiss
and not all of them
look like
mine.