[...] I loved to frequent you
After my teens and before my thirties.
You three together in a bar
I always preferred you because you were midmost
Most lustrous apparently strongest
Although now that I look back on you
What part have you played?
You never, ever, were stingy.
What you gave me you gave whole
But as for telling
Me how best to use it
You weren’t a genius at that.
Twenties, my soul
Is yours for the asking
You know that, if you ever come back.
--Kenneth Koch, from "To My Twenties"
Wow. I hear that.
ReplyDeleteyes. I found it rather apropos.
ReplyDeleteUh, Chadley, I don't know why Blogger ate our comments. But yes, I love this one right about now.
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