Old Age Is Inconvenient

The day I fell off a chair and damaged my leg I was amazed, for I had been resilient before It took me a long time to heal my torn meniscus I had bruised the bone too I went from a wheelchair to a walker Your damage might have been caused by your age The workman comp doctor said So they refused to fix it Saying it would heal itself It might have if I had been younger But I wasn’t Then my eyes went I found myself holding the paper out A tiny bit further each day I started out with one point five readers Now I am up to point three point five readers. There are spots on my hands now, I feel like an old leopard I began to fall apart at age fifty-five Before that birthday, I felt young and exuberant My enthusiasm has waned a bit Thanks to arthritis in both ankles Which means sometimes when I take a step it feels like I have broken both ankles Old age is ridiculously inconvenient