AND YOU DIDN'T KILL YOURSELF?!

at the age of 45 i tried
the skateboard of
the son of my friend

and did a few ollies
and other shit
that the mind forgot how to do

the feet and legs
remembered
but barely

holding
till sweat and
the 50 yard stare

death in the distance
aches and pains
sweep of trucks and gravel

an imbecile's geometry
of right angles and straight lines
an ordinary metaphysics