Tomorrow is my 74th birthday.
Hard for me to believe that I
have come so far in life,
knowing what I now know
and considering everything
I don’t. What a circuitous and
tangled journey it has been.
Anyway, my son visiting me
yesterday gave me a silly birth-
day card. It pictured a scabby
old man sporting a straw cow-
boy hat, smoking a big old
stogie, wearing a short-sleeved
shirt and faded blue jeans.
Instead of a horse, he was mounted
upon a bewildered looking donkey.
The caption inside read, “It’s your
birthday—sit on your ass all day if
you want to.” An appropriate punch
line which just about anyone could
have guessed even before opening
the card. You’d think Hallmark
could have been more creative
than that.
Amusing, however. That old man on
the cover of the card could have been
close to my age, but really did not
resemble me. That scruffy old ass,
though, it did look vaguely familiar.
-30-
Chris Hanch 4-3-2021
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