Even the First Kiss

I do not care for years  
their soul is hollow  
forever rushing by  
afraid time's poison  
will spirit them away  
to be beached  
like stranded whales  
marooned in terror  
on forgotten isles  
Sly decades are the worst  
they creep up slowly  
promising greatness  
before hindsight disappoints  
revealing misfits  
who came to play--  
until Oh shit  
you're a 'nono' now  
treading water upside down  
craving a century's breath  
the rounder number  
that guarantees fame  
I no longer care  
to remember dates  
of christenings  
and graduations  
funerals and weddings  
the year war broke out  
or when my dog was put down  
even the first kiss and the last  
somehow  
life seems better  
like that