BusterStronghart@Gmail.com

My wife, my woman, that is, found a new haircutter,
He gave her bangs, and she looks so much
Younger. But I like women of my own age.
I leave the younger ones for cruder men.

We have more than four decades
Of memories, and two boys too, and a granddaughter
Who has diabetes and a wonderful smile.
She is very brave.
More than me, I think.
And, too, I think she’s smart.

We live in a big building
With no interesting neighbors. I’d
Like to pick their brains, but
there’s nothing to pick.

Am I too late for them? Have
They already been picked over? Or
Have they always been non-bearing?

mek November 14, 2005