My Nose Is Growing Old

By Richard Brautigan

Yup.

A long lazy September look

in the mirror

say it's true.

I'm 31

and my nose is growing

old.

It starts about 1/2

an inch

below the bridge

and strolls geriatrically

down

for another inch or so:

stopping.

Fortunately, the rest

of the nose is comparatively

young.

I wonder if girls

will want me with an

old nose.

I can hear them now

the heartless bitches!

"He's cute

but his nose

is old."