his birthday

went over for the afternoon

light lunch then a pub crawl

in the old town places

we’d been in our youf’

couple of jars in

i’m joking asking

this mid-life time

where was the crisis?

he looks hard at me

tells me he wants more

is what we all want i say

with a crooked smile

no no he says me & her

all i got now is moments

we used to be so good

but now moments

is all it is all we got

i’ve run out of energy

the desire i once had

to try harder put the work in

& she seems much the same

he catches my eye my look

& before you try to start

this is not growing up

this is terminal if it goes on

i’ve forgotten btw

is this your round or mine?

& bless i’ve forgotten too


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