GETTING OLDER

You know what day of the week 

it is by your pillboxes.

You know it’s Wednesday, 

but actually it’s Thursday.

Your bones and your lungs 

tell you to “Please sit down.”

Someone is always taking 

your favorite seat in church.

Where’s the nearest bathroom?

You can’t find your glasses 

which are on your head.

I just was talking to her on the

phone. Are you sure she died?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018