"YOUNG MAN THINGS"
By Keith Walter Dow
Go do some young man things
while you’re still able and willing
Fall in love and fight the world
live before you go make a living
Go do some young man things
that’ll make stories for the books
Sometimes we pave new roads
ignoring maps more than we should
Go do some young man things
that only some of us will do
Give the world no peace ‘till you have yours
and try your best to not let it kill you
Go do some young man things
even when you’re old and grey
On the contrary, it’s all just a number
But the use of those years holds weight
Keith Walter Dow is a former Army MP and bouncer and the author of Karmic Purgatory from which this selection was taken. He is the co-founder of Dead Reckoning Collective. You can follow him on IG here.
The Parlor returns—now calling 139 Main Street in Beacon home! We’re launching the season with a gloriously absurd bang: The Bald Soprano by Eugène Ionesco, in a sharp, witty translation by Donald M. Allen.
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Opening night: May 9th at 7PM. See you there…