Liver spots
Have begun to appear
On my sixty
Year old hands.
The hair on my head
Is thinning
But still auburn
With some white.
My beard is now
Mostly white with
Some grey
And a little auburn.
Some of my teeth
Are gone others cracked
But still I smile
My knees hurt
All the time now
Braces and glucosomine
Tablets are the norm.
I don’t eat as
Much now and again
As I used to
Once upon a time.
Oatmeal has replaced
Eggs and bacon
And Jimmy Dean
Rooms to let fifty cents.
I like Roger miller more
But he doesn’t make sausage.
And yet
I am happy
Finally in my life
I smile more.
One day closer
Each day to the grave
And I no longer
Worry.
I laugh
I cry openly now
At long last
I am at peace.
5/23/14
ALTON TEXAS
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