children of my friends
so grown up and radiant
now I feel my age
Tag: elderly
1689
a goodwill bargain
my first cane— in a moment
I’ve aged thirty years
1687
chasing the grandkids
around the playground
—— hope it’s angina
1642r🏞
how old I am, hmm—
more than some redwoods
younger than some hills
1622🍰
three helium balloons
left over from her birthday
wrinkled and nodding
1614⌛️
one hundred and one
living in the same care home
as her youngest son
1489
blank movie marquee
letters long gone— ghosts
smelling of popcorn
1406
traversing along
a cane in each hand
she heads for the mall
1287r
my age?
older than some redwoods
younger than some hills
1077
the struggle hooking
her buttons and necklace
my fingers sausages
998
grizzled lion
daydreams of the chase
gazelle chats him up
965
old ladies bang
apart crocodiles
of shopping carts
902
Marshall Dillon
and Ben Cartwright
babysit my mom
789
lipstick tastes
like jitterbug days–
an aide holds a mirror
665
salt and pepper
on my barber’s floor
–mostly salt
642
frail, old woman
pulling a dog along
pulling her along
502
my aunt’s manor house
lit by a 30 watt bulb
her one indulgence
六十六
449
my aunts sheer terror
feds coming to arrest her
phone message says so
312
latest android app
how you will look elderly
what were they thinking??
Elderly Chinese Couple Exercising in the Park
In a hidden glen they mimic
Waking swan and soaring wren,
Slowly raise their arms to bright
New coins in the treetops.
Each day they eat less,
Take less room and trudge
Together tenderly as if lost
In a high pavilion garden
Where a thousand flowers bloom.
