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Grandfathered In

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Grandfathered In 
David J Walker

And now when a 

pretty girl smiles
in her summer clothes 
that invite the summer sun in

On some sunny August afternoons 
Walk In the Park  

I think of all the hair
under my ball cap
	sticking out everywhere

all of it gray 
	none of it dark

and the Distortion setting in
on this Aging face with 

the traces of what’s left of youth 
when I was
		handsome 
and had some grace

Now trying my best to suck my 
Gut in 
But to no avail

remembering when
I could Simple 
smile back 

Without the Fear 
of a heart attack

And now when a pretty girl smiles
I Grudgingly surmise

Actually, I realize 
That I must have  reminded her 
of her 
grandfather

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