do we get smarter everyday?

or,
do we try to convince ourselves
of that because we
don't wanna wasted the day ..

or
do folks not question it because
they couldn't give a flip one way or another ..

do we kill off more brain cells than
we replace on a regular basis ..

strip away liquor or
other drugs,
does the natural process of existing,
a bad conversation,
stubbing your foot,
or the other casual cuisine,
does this take away the cells
more than a book,
song
or talk
would replace .. ?

are we
doomed to get further along the road without
gas
then

receive the dumbfounded look
when the needle hits 'E' because
we should have known better?

just movin' along this line,
fishing wire,
tight string
towards

more brain destruction
on
the
most

confounding ride around ..