dying to stay young

seems a strange proposal, but is it worth examining

in order to feel better about the effects of time

some resort to transforming alterations

only problem is rarely do they look better just different

like a canvas stretched over a frame to the breaking point

inflated lips that look like rubber stamps and noses that resemble beaks

all the time i spend dissatisfied with my appearance or my looks

i chip away at the time afforded me trying to be something that i’m not

vanity has a place by the toilet and that’s about it

while you are dying to stay young, don’t forget you are dying

whether you end up in a box or a crock-pot, most would relent

that time would have been better spent living instead of dying to be young

get those balloons you call boobs, and those blown up lips away from me

it will give me nightmares