THE EASY SURRENDER

People, ya know, when they run into each other after it's been a while, you often hear them say things like, "Wow, you look great!" or "You haven't changed a bit!". Me, I like to see people look like they've just gotten totally fucking hammered by life. I want leathery skin and sunken eyes. Hell, I want one eye going one way and the other, another, like they've just gotten beaten over the head with a baseball bat. I want to see deep lines running across their forehead and up and down their face. I want those lines to have those thin lips so surrounded that it looks like I'm talking to an enormous, ancient butthole. But mostly, you'll find people have gone for the easy surrender. They tend to go one way or the other, and both are disheartening and boring as hell. Both are in a sense a way to pretend that it isn't happening. Either you'll find them 4 or 5 times a week at the gym while sticking to a low carb, possibly gluten free diet, or ya know, they'll just get fat.