for the sake of reflection 2/26/16

Let’s just say that 80 years old is the new 70

and 70 is the new 60 and 60 is the new,

maybe 52 and 52 is the new 44 or 42

and 42 years old is the new 34

and then 34 is the much improved 27 or 28

and 28 is the new 24 and 24 is the new smarter 21

and 21 is, say 18.

While 14 years old is the new 17

and 10 is the new 13 and 7 is the new 9

and 5 is suddenly the new 7 and 3 is 5 and 2 is close to 4

and 1 is sometimes nearly 2 and . . ., and . . . birth!

So what happen to that up-the-mountain-road climb

of dutiful cumulative experience!

Did our engines change

or the up-road get different modifications

or the scenery got way more interesting then before?

Did the mountain itself get taller

but the fueling efficiency more profound?

Did the human collective make this traveling roadshow 

somehow more artfully intriguing?

Is someone secretly editing

more of the life experience texts

for the broadcasts by lots of influential folks?

Wisdom used to be sort of a lockdown prize of aging.

But now, whatever still shots there were

that were so steadfast with meaning

as though preserved for those young-ins,

are yet now, in someway,

more of movies and documentaries

that are informative beyond their years.

The whole anecdotal format has shifted,

somewhat radically but in a low key way.

Look, for the sake of reflection,

what the hell is happening? 

(please discuss amongst yourselves,

damn! . . . and wonder in surmise . . . )