Lewd Acts

Thirteen

Lewd Acts


thirteen 
walking and i'm walking 
and i'm stomping the street 
trying to penetrate the asphalt 
with my feet 
oh, know 
getting so old 
when you're living in a town 
where all the stars are brown 
getting so old 
won't one van stop for me? 
they drive past dodging in doge rams 
as i throw rocks and words 
"your youth won't last! 
no, it won't last!" 
i am thirteen in a city o pederasts 
far too old for their dark sunglasses 
and their mustaches 
though they might consider me 
at the end of a long, desperate day 
still i wish i was half my age