Category Archives: Aging



Affliction

A guy named Eric, in Venice,
Richly aware of the menace—
Afflicted with piles,
He moved without smiles, Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Pain

Growing Old

A guy at the beach often smiled,
But now he is easily riled,
His knees have collapsed—
His heart-beats have lapsed— Continue reading →

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Don’t Ask

“Hey Marv, how are you?” Daily, I confront
That mindless query—puffs of empty sound,
Wakening the pain, the tension, dormant,
Until, reckless, they snap the tightly wound
Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Greed, Religion

Epididymis

I never knew an epididymis
Was there—floating high. Insulted scrotum
(Formerly agent of intense hot bliss),
Harbors, now, one right-side lump—grim totem. Continue reading →

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Elder-Bowling

I understand the impetus, the need
To challenge age, deny corrosion, fight
To keep the sinews soft. But you must heed,
Alas, the mutability (cruel blight) Continue reading →

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Balloons

When I am king of the universe
There’ll be no such thing
As “minor” surgery,
And no one will call that gas Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Bullshit, Pain