Ain't Karma a Bitch - a Pantoum

I'd really just like to add my congratulations to all the rest -- the pantoum is actually my least favourite of all these repeating forms and you've given it a new lease of life.  It's the perfect choice, I think, for the deep-breath-let's-go-through-this-all-again kind of blend of frustration and empathy you've put into the poem. 

I find the line "Blinded by the perverse excuse of youth" to be too long and I've been wracking my little brain for ages trying to come up with an alternative.  Damn rhymes.  I will keep thinking though...