Dust

It’s Sunday and there’s dust on top the TV stand.

It will be there a week from now, longer than that

If I pay no further attention and leave it alone.

There are several reasons why seniors of my age

Are not involved in a serious relationship. It’s not

That another woman could never replace the first

One divorced, or the second one who died. It’s not

That you’ve grown to like the silence of no one else

At home. Some men may miss having a woman

Around to cook and clean for them. But as for me,

Even when I had mine, I always shared equally in

Performing the household duties and chores. No,

As we men grow older we have a tendency to sim-

plify. And it may sound a bit chauvinistic, but for

Many woman it has been my personal experience,

To “simplify” never seems to get things done. So,

It’s Sunday and there’s dust on top of the TV stand.

I’m old and I live alone. Give me five minutes or so
And I’ll forget it’s even there. I can’t tell today’s dust
From yesterday’s anyway. And tomorrow, should I

Still be around, dust will be there always the same.

Chris Hanch  7-5-15