It is at that point
that you realize
you've been up
for more hours
than you could afford to spend
before the weekend or any
abutment of days
you like to count as a weekend
since you've grown up.
It is not that you are jaded
or that you are living in
Pan's never never,
it is that your feet
have never touched earth
since you were
kicked from
the nest
and the moment you realize
that is okay
with everyone else
still trying
to figure out
over due north from sullen souths
is the day
you understand
why I am so full of laughter.
