I look at my toes,
appendages on aging feet;
crusty nail on Hallux
masked with crimson red;
the others,
too disfigured, even for this disguise.
You placed your lips around it once; this toe
a while ago, too long ago;
before.
Your lipstick matched the color, I remember.
Faintly.
All ten grip the edge of the board;
though,
I barely see them, past the distention.
High above the pool, empty now, drained.
Ravens stabbing at some carrion
a putrid captive in a blue empty basin.
They won’t let go;
they will;
I have.
One last dive.
I was
magnificent!
.
Hallux rigidus at the first metatarsophanlangeal joint
Old woman's shoes suggested by the orthopedic surgeon_____
The nerve!!
Oh!! Shucks my driving toe...
It hurts to drive~~~
He says to let the toe rest stay off of it.....
The fix for right now_
Injection of Kenalog(a steriod)...
PAIN, AGONY and DESPAIR.....
Horrible!!
Old age has its pit falls...
Someday though I will shed this body of clay
I'll have a new body, Praise the Lord, I'll have a new life...