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For some reason ?young? in the title,

And ?years of nicotine? don?t fit easily.

FYI:

?tarmac? is a shortened form of ?tar + Macadam? which was a proprietary product for paving roads. In the U.S. ?tarmac? is now used generically to refer only to the parking aprons for planes at airports. Britain uses the term more broadly. ? By the way, ?tar? is incorrect in the name. ?Asphalt? or ?bituminous? binder or cement is what the PC poet must say. When the sand and crushed aggregate are added it becomes ?asphalt/bituminous concrete?. ;)

YDD's got it right — middle-age angst. Wash away the effects of years and live life with the reckless abandon of youth.

This poem was mentioned in the Archival Review thread, in a picking through Lit's archive of over 37,500 poems.

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