Monday, May 14, 2018

"Thirsting" by Alicia Ostriker



It’s not that the old are wise
But that we thirst for the wisdom 

we had at twenty
when we understood everything 

when our brains bubbled
with tingling insights 

percolating up from
our brilliant genitals 

when our music rang like a global siege
shooting down all the lies in the world 

oh then we knew the truth
then we sparkled like mica in granite 

and now we stand on the shore
of an ocean that rises and rises 

but is too salt to drink

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