Halfway to 40.

I wrote this about 2 weeks before my actual birthday, when I was feeling a little strange. I felt better about the event while it was actually occurring but I would say these sentiments are still valid. Anyway, I know you aren't supposed to write your own birthday poem, but I did.

Poem For My 20^TH Birthday

Campus twilight chases the pinkest of airplanes

Across sunset pinched sky

February is making up its mind to March

I am making up my mind to loneliness

I will put the college age feminist cuff in my Levis

And swear you off

Swear you into oblivion

Kissing off this dusky breeze

Jump into liquid night

The 10 minute homeward stride

To lighted windows

Uphill to age 20

We could all shed tears

For a 17^th year beating a hasty retreat

But we don’t

We’ll pillage the future

Before it even cracks a smile

Such are the years of the glorious inbetween

 And now for a couple songs that kept this week movin along. 

note: Yes. The first song is a cover of Mazarin. I like both versions.
I could not find a video for the We Barbarians song I really wanted to post, but every song on their new album is perfect so in the long run I decided it didn't matter.