Wisdom's Tooth
A young poet is to an
older man
As an old poet is to a
younger man
When young then old,
when old then young
The future borrowed,
the past twice sung
The old man’s knowledge,
the young man’s youth
To bite the deepest
—with wisdom’s tooth
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)
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