settling into it

i tried to  make  sense
of the new machine-
it  blew  up  again.

when i  say you're  like  me
she  says, what
dark  and  morose?

i wanted to  try delight soon.
kids   grown  up future settling
 into  been there done it

there's still time.
the world  won't  end
in a leap year

there's a pink castle
in my  front room that says
it needs to let  her get  grown

so  i can cackle from my
dotage as she repeats mama's
past on  the bitch.