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Retired sociologist. Co-Author, The Social Bases of Politics. Recreational sailor.

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Time: When becomes Why.

Young time drags. 
When will I have hair there like real men?
When will I hit double digits?
When will I be a teenager?
When can I jump and touch the rim? 
When will I have my first woman?
When will I get my drivers license?
when will I be able to drink?

Then I grew older.
Why can't I fall asleep? 
Why does it hurt?
Why do I pee so often?
Why do I know that
  I am being prepared
  to accept and look
  forward  to:
The End.
 


How you made me disappear.

And so we talk.
Some today.
Some yesterday,
more tomorrow.
You ask questions.
Consider the answers.
Make judgments
Finally the aha moment.
You know which label
     to attach to me.
You never have to
    listen again.
 You know me,
  who I am,
  who I was,
  who I am becoming.
And so I disappear.
I am what you say I am,
  not who I think I am,
  not what I am trying
 to become, not what
 objective data might suggest.
Never again to be listened to,
  because
  you have deprived me of
  the ability to surprise.
Goodbye.