Some Action Today

 

And so then, the thought of

some action—

What on Earth do I hope to

accomplish today?

As with most days, given my

limited physical abilities and

advancing age, I pretty much

try to maintain a modicum of

the same as I have recently

executed day after day.

I write a bit, drink my coffee

and smoke the day away. I

listen to music, feed myself

and the pup with timely

regularity. I catch up on the

news and weather which

rarely affect me personally.

I make sure the bills are paid,

and pills are taken on time,

I hobble on and on. And so

it goes.

And oh, I post photos

on Facebook which I

have taken—people and

places I have known and

visited over the years,

many of which have long

since crumbled or passed

away.

For those of us who remain,

yet another day having warily

slipped inch by inch, deeper

and deeper, into the inevitable

decrepit sea of old and gray.

And so then, action and

accomplishment? Time in

passing, come what may,

who in life here on Earth

can say?

               -30-

Chris Hanch 1-12-2023