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You’re 57 years old

You really should know better

(and you do know better)

but knobbly knees

you go with the flow

and succumb to darker angels

You are old enough

You really do know better

yet still

you make the call

a shot of Rock and Rye

Original Jacquins

experiments in liquor

and the effects on human bodies

way too early, way too late

pretend you don’t know better

it’s still mid afternoon

and shots have been absorbed

You’ll regret it in the morning

You’ll regret it in an hour

You really do know better

and yet still

here we are

sitting in a local watering hole

and it’s happening

You hear the chatter at the bar

It reaches deafening levels

with only about six people speaking

getting louder and louder

You watch the bartender pour the shot

Regrets will be abundant

but it’s still a moment

lived in real time

for better or worse

You’re 57 years old

You really should know better