"Hello, sir. I would like to apply for—"
"I know, I know.
Everybody wants the same.
But it's too late, my friend.
You're too old"
Always the same conversation.
I'm too old.
Or I haven't done certain things.
"No, you should've studied this",
they say.
"You can't enter the program"
They always say the same things.
Or at least—
they will.
Mar 7
Mar 7, 2026 at 10:43 AM UTC
"Hello, sir. I would like to apply for—"
"I know, I know.
Everybody wants the same.
But it's too late, my friend.
You're too old"
Always the same conversation.
I'm too old.
Or I haven't done certain things.
"No, you should've studied this",
they say.
"You can't enter the program"
They always say the same things.
Or at least—
they will.
"Torschlusspanik" is a German word referring to the fear that you are running out of time in life.
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Copyright: Shattentraumer, 2026. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Original: https://hellopoetry.com/poems/5267003/torschlusspanik
