Nobody talks about it
but the fact is
you can’t skip it
just like you couldn’t
on your way to adulthood.
At least I can’t.
Mood swings, suicidal
at daybreak, cheerful
after coffee. But always
depressed. Back to
a six-pack a day.
Skin problems due to stress.
Lack of confidence, need
for reassurance, asking
for reassurance. A new
interest in clothes to show
that I’m not old “inside.”
My second sexual renaissance.
A Bonobo again! That great old song
rings round my head.
I’m a girl watcher, watching girls
go by. My oh my.
Which brings me to loneliness
When was I this lonely?
When I was thirteen.
Alec Solomita is a writer working in the Boston area. His fiction has appeared in
the Southwest Review, The Mississippi Review, Southword Journal, among other
publications. He was shortlisted by the Bridport Prize and Southword Journal. His poetry
has appeared in Poetica, Heart of Flesh Literary Journal, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Amethyst Review, The Lake, The Galway Review, and elsewhere, including several anthologies. His poetry
chapbook “Do Not Forsake Me,” was published in 2017. His full-length poetry book,
“Hard To Be a Hero,” was released by Kelsay Books last spring.
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