Congratulations Amber Goddard
this would all be fine
this incessant obsession
over minute detail
words here
touch there
if I were not as old as
Jesus and Eva Peron
When they died of
Crucifixion
And
Cancer, respectively.
At 33.
If I were
Still taking Physics
And eating nachos from the student store
And passing origami-folded notes
Between classes
To people I wouldn’t be speaking to
In ten years
It would have been fine
To make out in a parking lot and
Get in trouble upon returning home
But not at 33.
Jesus saved the world
Or at least,
We think so
And Eva, well,
She made her presence known.
But here I am
Almost halfway through
And stuck in the beginning.
- 33