Wednesday, January 5, 2022

No Bones About It

My bones are old, so I’ve been told;

It’s osteoporosis.

Accepting that if I go splat

I’m done – that’s the prognosis.

 

So when it’s cold, I’m not so bold

To walk if streets are icy.

One little slip may crack my hip;

To chance it might be dicey.

 

And so today, I had to weigh

Conditions ‘fore my journey

Or I’d go whoosh, land on my tush

And end up on a gurney.

 

My normal route I was astute

Enough to see could trip me

So I took stock and ‘round the block

I walked and I was slip-free.

 

When I was young, I must have clung

To thoughts of never aging

But now, alas, I watch my ass

And every step I’m gauging.

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