24

I used to like the number 24
it seemed harmless
didn’t smell
was a young age
the number 24 it’s
now
a reminder of your birth-day
and your death-day
24 crap
why couldn’t it have been a number like
zero or infinity
or why not a number at all
It’s been 15 years now
24 again.

-4/24/17
© 2017 David McNeeley