Today I found my hearing aid
on the floor up at Fred Meyer.
The case was scuffed and had a dent
but it didn’t break the wire.
My ear won’t hold the glasses,
hearing aid, Corona Mask.
It simply is not big enough.
It’s not up to the task,
COVID Masks
I couldn’t leave the house today
to do my daily tasks.
I had to stop and run a load.
I had no clean COVID masks!
A Lullaby for Memories
Today I thought of purple hills, of windswept plains, and daffodils.
Today I thought of summer rain, with droplets on the windowpane.
Today I thought of childhood days, tangled up in mem’ry’s haze.
Today I thought of souls gone by, and tonight I hummed a lullaby.
Cherry Tomatoes
My tomato eating appetite is on the wane.
Their flavor was delicious. I cannot complain.
But my tomato appetite’s begun to disappear.
I can’t face any more until this time next year.
AMY
I’m getting calls from Amy.
I try to block her call.
Whatever I do is useless.
It doesn’t matter at all.
Crossing the Boulevard
I got across without a flap.
Nothing Anxious. No Mishap.
I’m always careful, on my guard,
when I walk across the Boulevard.
Lincoln Ladies’ Monthly Lunch
It’s the final day of summer and we should be having lunch.
But, COVID has us reeling with its One-Two punch.
We hope for something better in the months ahead.
The numbers have us weeping: 200,000 dead.
Thoughts
Some days my mind will make a rhyme
and churn it out in record time.
Some days my mind’s windswept and bare
and there is simply nothing there.
Changes
I peek outside
and what do I see?
Old Man Winter’s
creeping up on me.
Amy
Today it’s Amy who’s after me.
Amy wants my money, you see.
“Persistence” is Amy’s pedigree.
No relief in sight that I can see.
Living the Aging Life 