Category Archives: Aging



It Never Ends

This guy down at the paddle tennis courts
Hit seventy-seven, enjoys women,
And, truth be told, he’s kept thin, still cavorts,
Works out, eats carefully, pursues his whims Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Lust

Eighty

When old age shall this generation waste,
Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe
Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say’st,
‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Bullshit

The Real Masters of the Universe

Doctors! Can’t live with ‘em, and, certainly,
Can’t live without ‘em. Perhaps (carefully)
We might tame them, rein in that vanity
Nourished by their desp’rate patients’ holy Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Vanity

ER Poetry

Learned a new word yesterday–
Syn’-co-pe’.
Zippy, no?
Sounds somewhat like Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Words

Youthandage

My neighbors’ child Cash, now sixteen months old—
Life measured in months! While my years, decades,
Eras rush. I know for whom the bell tolls:
For this time-hollowed wreck—drained, degraded. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Neighbors

Birthday Dinner

As is his wont,
Dan, my younger son,
Took us out to celebrate
My seventy-ninth birthday. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Family, Friends