There’s a lot of ways to live forever:
Eat well. Smile more. Go running.
Easy enough, I suppose. But we all know
in our bones, have since we were habilis,
that the bitterer the pill the stronger.
The taste of acid on the tongue
is how you tell it’s working right.
I know how to take ancient advice:
I laugh at my failures so they do not sting.
I bury myself in solitude so I will not be lonely.
I sleep so I know what it is like to die.
I drink poison in tiny doses and it is still poison.