Men Who Grow Old

 

An old man sitting on the stoop of his front porch.

I pass wondering what he is thinking. I said hello

and did not ask.

He looked up and simply nodded back at me, a

young man then. It took many years in passing.

That was a long time ago.

I have since come to that place, old and alone

and sitting on a stoop of my own. Men who grow

old are all pretty much the same. At last, I know.

                        -30-

Chris Hanch 9-10-21