My doctor wrote
“…is an elderly man.”
Elderly!
Elderly!!
Elderly!!!Be
I’ve been called ‘sir’
I have been called ‘old man’
Young latinos call me ‘Papi’
Okay
Not so okay
But elderly???
Yeah I am what I is
An elderly old man
But my eyes have improved to the point
Where I see what we have lost
But also see what we will find
It’s just over the horizon
In Nevah-Nevah Land
Hell, I ain’t nevah gonna grow up
Least not now
My friend from Frank’s Lounge
Old Bill said,
“One thing bad about getting old is people don’t think you’re dangerous.”
He opened his suit coat to reveal a holstered .38.
“This changes their mind.”
We walk how walk we walk.
Painting by Ro Lohin