This morning I roll out of bed with sore hips and limp to the toilet. Surely I’m not as old as I feel, though a glance in the mirror is inconclusive.
the older I get
the weaker my sense
of immortality—
the heart carved in the trunk
stretched to the bursting point
No pension to speak of, no money sense, no hope of a hefty inheritance—I will die in harness like an old workhorse. To my wife, I’ll leave a mixed bag of memories; to my son, shoes that I pray do not fit.
by Bob Lucky
Hangzhou, China
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