I am older now
and they are measuring me
with sticks and hands and IQ tests
and they are defining me
by what they think they know
based on guesses and
half-hearted assumptions.
I am an equation and numbers
to the rest of the world
put forth as statistical data,
a face made of charts and graphs.
So, I do not speak to them
and I do not answer the questions
with more than they ask
because my age is one of silence
and my life is one I need not share.
My measurement is made from within
with no significant data to anyone
but myself, and me, and I.
I am older now.
I can feel it in my bones,
but if you need a number
take hydrogen times pi
and divide by the number of starry-eyed poets.

12/19/2001

Posted on 12/19/2001
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