FIFTH

Scorn not the one in need
Never forget that
WHILE some flourish,
many struggle
When we are in our prime,
it is all too easy to imagine
that decline will not arrive,
that we are safe
until the FIFTH of never
But it is an illusion:
if a body you have,
then, some day,
that body will need

Georg’ann

begins AGAIN
gonna WHITE knuckle
path to new BIRTH
pours out FIFTH
drags on cigarette
posture conveys
resignation and resolve

Heather