Age Ode

Turn dead bolts, nail the particle board, set cement, prop chairs against the doors How do you hold on to what isn't yours The big boy who broke the diving board, is dead-- also his goatee is still warm The woman down the street, is dead too, her husband asphyxiating in the garage as the car runs No Dinner
What can be said over ashes
Problems, too young to have become this old Have they heard down on shrewsbury street Decked in acid washed button-ups, diets and heels They're too old to be this young?
What happened, what can be done
Buy ten percent less energy, buy local vegetables, buy garden seeds, buy more used clothing, buy a compost kit, buy enlightening books, buy an accordion, buy an engagement ring, buy a house and land to put it, buy a crib
And a child is put in it.