You'll Never be Young Again

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You'll Never Be Young Again

 

The Black Messiah ascends from the basement

Wearing psoriasis shades

To lead an army of mutants 

Against the cognoscenti of the shelters.

The Hindi women squat

In the shallow eddies of the Ganges 

Mesmerized  by the chalk white color 

Of the dying babies in their arms

As riotous river weeds bloom around them

And bloated bodies float by.

I can't understand a word your saying, she whispered.

Have you been drinking all day?

This is the world we live in, she cooed,

And you'll never be young again.

Then she kissed me and took me

Like Grant took Richmond.