Ambition burned
white hot when
I was young, then
I lost it, discouraged,
then found it again,
then lost it,
then found it,
now, in old age,
thinking myself
safe, the old fraud
seems to have
appeared again.
Tag: cancer
Over crowded
In old age
anecdotes from
the past come
flooding into
my brain, elbowing
each other aside,
each one eager
for attention
Justice
Some of my
friends die young,
all of my
enemies live to
a well-rewarded,
ripe old age,
it seems.
Where the living is easy
Biographies
give me the
comforting
feeling that life
is arranged in
patterns, has
structure, can be
understood
rationally, and
will turn out
all right
in the end.
Balance
Can’t decide
if the pleasure
of finding that
someone older
than you is
still alive
outweighs the
finding that
someone younger
than you is
now dead.
Hidden
Fascism,
like cancer,
is never cured,
but only
goes into
remission
System error
Once I used
to get angry
when I made
a mistake.
Now I am merely
grateful when
I don’t
The red Porsche
You will find
it is best,
all things
considered,
to get your
mid-life crisis
out of the way
as early as
you can. Old
age crises are not
a pretty sight.
Relativity
Time goes slowly –
waiting for Xmas;
sitting in a
dentist’s chair;
at a family party;
waiting for
exam results;
waiting for
biopsy results,
but it never goes
more slowly
than when you
contract Shingles
Sufficient
If you have
never had
Shingles
ask no more
of your
lucky stars
