Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Top Old To Visit

My grandparents are too old to visit, the girl tells me.
I ask how old, and discover they are ten years younger than I am.
She laughs when I reveal this.
They are old people old, she insists.
Why don’t you get to know them? I suggest.
They are too old, she says, dismissively.
Not understanding the irrationality of it.
I am 68. They are 58 and 57. What am I missing?
They ACT old she says.
Oh.
Okay.
Now I get it.

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Kai Michael Neumann April 14, 2021 at 2:59 AM You are as old as you feel. Kind wishes, Kai

L Milton Hankins April 13, 2021 at 10:02 AM My grandma always looked old when I was a kid, but now I realize she wasn't so old at all. It was that I was young! I was a grown man when she was truly old. Caren Krutsinger April 13, 2021 at 12:36 PM I have to admit I cannot believe sometimes how old some of the 40 year olds act!