As a teenager being stuck at home on a Saturday night
was mortification but experience provides a more nuanced view.

Evening

I'm going up to read for a bit
Alright my dear, she said.
It's quite relaxing when you're tired
to read for a while in bed.
Wait, it's nine o'clock on a Saturday night
have I gone out of my head.
When I was younger, in my prime
I'd be rockin' and rollin' instead.
But that's the difference between young and old
when all's been written and read.