I saw my old school
and some of its young students
the other day.
One had aged poorly
the other, not at all.

I am not into high school students
the way I used to be
and by that
I mean cultural conventions
no longer let me get into high schoolers
as I did in my teens and twenties.
Cultural conventions
and laws.

I didn’t mean
to have the predilections that I do
nor did I mean to get caught.
I can only apologize so much
for who I am
how I am
what I want.

All children are art
as I see it
and art
should be complimented
appreciated
experienced.

They will not allow me
to be myself
where I am going.
The place they’re taking me
will make me
into something far different than I am.
This could be the last time
that I’ll be myself.

I don’t know
how I feel about that.