Quarter-Life Crisis

when the years 

spent

in 

making

frantic

efforts

at

self-realization

finally begin

to throw up

results

that show you

are so full of

stuff and nonsense

that 

to make

an altogether new

you

you

need

to begin

a-new

beginning

to

start

all

over

a-gain

First published in Altpoetics, 3 February 2014. Inspired by Mani Rao's poetry.