The importance of age

I put the freshwater crayfish into the barrel
months later they were big
I stood before the neighbors creek vegetables had washed down from their garden
fruit crowded the branches of the overhanging tree

Age and importance dwelled in the lounge
sun in, kids out the tangible contract to happiness has been found
Subtle habits strengthen with the age
The insistence on importance when lacking just rage

Another coat of paint on the wall
yet we're still living in the past
A few new cool words but we've not reached modern
Age and importance youth's illusion to maturity's reality

We are all old and unimportant going from illusion to illusion
carrying self absorption in the genes