Eleanors Eyesight

Eleanor cannot see Her eyesight is ridiculous She has had all kinds of operations But she is eighty-two, her eyes have given up. A corrupt eye doctor writes her an excuse. She takes it to the drivers’ license bureau. She does not have to take their mandatory eye test. Mandatory folks, MANdatory! Eleanor has run into parked cars, trees, boats, and a river. Last week she backed into an enormous concrete post. The entire parking garage shook, she thought it was coming down. Anyway, it certainly shook hard, she told me. This morning she took her car to an auto repair shop. Great news, she told me on the phone. They gave me a loaner car.