heritage
Sweater vest.
When did I become
this:
barely seeing over the steering wheel -
early bird special parking spot -
a dollar off at McDonald’s.
I am OLD!
Just yesterday I swear I was
5 running after my big brother
16 crying alone in the rain
22 and out of college in a borrowed suit
35 with two daughters weaving between my feet
55 and we are no longer talking
75 saying goodbye to the only women I ever loved
80 locked away in a prison they slander as a home,
or was it,
that I never lived a day
and all that was before
is slowly
slowly: dying with me.
Tomorrow is my funeral,
I invited what friends I have left.
Never thought
that tomorrow could become,
yesterday.
When did I become
this:
barely seeing over the steering wheel -
early bird special parking spot -
a dollar off at McDonald’s.
I am OLD!
Just yesterday I swear I was
5 running after my big brother
16 crying alone in the rain
22 and out of college in a borrowed suit
35 with two daughters weaving between my feet
55 and we are no longer talking
75 saying goodbye to the only women I ever loved
80 locked away in a prison they slander as a home,
or was it,
that I never lived a day
and all that was before
is slowly
slowly: dying with me.
Tomorrow is my funeral,
I invited what friends I have left.
Never thought
that tomorrow could become,
yesterday.