On The Old In Clearwater, Florida

Old men attired in yellow wool sweaters,

yellow wool to play golf in.

Older hunchbacks pushing shuffleboard

with the tempo of a film in slow motion.

O marvel at the patience of those

who sip their past daily! Go, go

into a supermarket and they will

be there, shopping on social security

for small packages of life.

They wait for death

in this humid climate

like unwrapped mummies.

Look at them,

you who are not yet members

of their exclusive club

and behold the sum of life

tallied on those old faces,

for it is the amount of life

they have bought.

Some got shortchanged,

some value for their money….