How old am I?
My mom asked me today.

And I think she knew. I mean,
she has to know, in a way.

But she wasn't asking me about that.
How old have you been?
How old are you now?
I've been old for a while, mom.

I hit my midlife crisis this january.
I hit twenty going into eighth grade, a madman dropping bombs.
Forties were right before this summer.
I feel almost as old as the moon.
Am I eighty now?

Will I die soon?