Living the Aging Life

I need some retail therapy.

I need a change of scene.

I need to browse the shopping aisles.

I need to spend some green.

I need to get out of the house.

I’ll gladly wear a mask.

I need a change of scenery.

Is that too much to ask?

I send you joy and love each night

so you will know the world’s all right.

I send sweet dreams to hold you through

and peace and comfort come to you.

My friend, Rene, she doth persist

in off’ring to teach me Zoom.

And, I, forsooth, I do resist,

this stuff in my living room.

The world doth keep a frantic pace

with new technology.

But I keep quill and ink at hand

so I remain Zoom free.

My very fav’rite foods to eat

are cookies, cakes, and candy.

When my cupboard is amply stocked with these,

I feel just fine and dandy.

I pray you joy from day to night,

with dancing steps,

and a heart that’s light.

I pray you laughter on your lips

and success at the end

of your fingertips.

It’s just a bothersome, pesky chore–

to don a mask as I leave my door.

I’m an American!  You can’t ask

ME to wear a stupid Virus mask!

Thus doth the Virus flourish and grow.

Selfish Americans make it so.

I pray today will bring you joy

with light steps along the way.

I pray for laughter in your life

and sunshine in your day.