Maturity

I don’t much desire Maturity.

You seem a vain liar, Maturity.

You poke out of everyone’s Sunday Bests

but I’m not a buyer, Maturity.

Age kills emotion, so I won’t roar

like a hairy town-crier, “Maturity!”

Keep your prim and practical ways,

there are virtues far higher than Maturity.

From “Disoccidented” by Alfie Shoyger:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Disoccidented-Alfie-Shoyger/dp/1999922859