Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

My 87 Year Old Mother

It is my mother’s birthday today.
She is 87.
87 and weighs 121 pounds.
121 pounds of ridiculous energy
She holds exercise classes
For the 90 year olds in her
Apartment buildings
Her students are 91 and 97
They are probably lying on their
Backs right now with their legs in the air doing
Bicycle circles.
She will not walk with
Her friends unless they
Say it is okay to run
In circles around them
As they walk because
They are so
S l o w 
She has never broken
A finger or an arm or anything.
She is as bendable as a willow.
She could teach yoga masters
How to be pliable.
That is my 87 year old mother

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Shawn Oussifi June 12, 2018 at 9:34 PM This poem made me smile. I'm in my twenties and I question how my mother has enough energy to out dance me on the game Just Dance 4. Cheers for the young at heart! Caren Krutsinger June 13, 2018 at 12:13 AM Thank you Shawn. I saw my mother today, and she is exactly as I described her. She was chomping at the bit to start delivering the packages and the mail in her building.

Mark Toney June 11, 2018 at 2:14 PM A special shout-out to your 87 year old mother, Caren! Thanks for sharing with us how awesome she is :) Caren Krutsinger June 11, 2018 at 4:22 PM Thank you Mark. Her energy makes me look like a sloth.

Tom Cunningham June 11, 2018 at 10:03 AM You must be so proud Caren, what a great age she is. Tom Caren Krutsinger June 11, 2018 at 4:22 PM Yes but she has no idea she is older than 22.