do I mean it in the pejorative sense?
or as in Socrates?
wisdom in its middle age
may yet rot away
rather than become
a vintner’s dream
to age well, this is the destination
that anyone plans for
at every stage
furtive glances at that which transpired
conceited notions, long and retired
drawdown the credit
natural delights
compounding reiteration
who will decide?
make taste, my friends
reach thousands years back
it might be too new
if none have died to save it
but it is certainly too old
if it hasn’t risen from its own
mortal sins
Roman Ryan 