Metaphor Shortages

 Metaphor Shortages

can’t wear those pants no more

i don’t dance for anyone

can’t drink more than soda

no more chili dog runs

don’t deal with Frank at all

haven’t called cousins in ages

they supported that fraud

i cancelled the engagement

one door opens another closes

dream dies another’s born

riding these waves like a leaf

floating in a flash flood

still think about you daily

still read for full-on days

ruminating possibilities

with the impatience of age

wanna be more compassionate

gonna get out of debt

be playing you the piano

but haven’t learned it yet