blasted youth in black
blasted youth looks good in black
hot black
blasted youth doesn’t care in this special way
that charms you
only reads the obituaries and the
ads
blasted youth is cold with feeling
blasted youth is sexy
death dressed in the wind and
ready to go anywhere
blasted youth doesn’t understand ideals
when it was born they were already
cartoons
blasted youth believes in
the paradise of the single second
the long night of the flesh
the terrible hunger for ecstasy
blasted youth is wild with fragile purpose
the way it moves with grace through
poisoned water
forgetting nothing
blasted youth will die trying
and there are
worse things to die of these days
- David Lerner
