Seniority

Vinegar coaxes burns stress-made

Cherry pie might fix a smile

Gold shoes to graduate fails a character

Bill from guilt, never been paid

Now lean in, peck a worn nail

Leave shyness behind in yesterday

Ambition never grabs hold of tomorrow

Stay here, laugh and fail.

Back to track that preppy time

Rocks should sprint quicker

Stay tall, tallest, crack necks

Break that cheer’s chime

Perhaps glee is good right now

With honey joy of eyeful trade

Rise unranked of what all is

Then upon love, no level bears how

Hold still, see that lashing crow

Bite your scabs like seedy bread?

In this young oldness is revelation:

A smiling shock, a grateful blow