Afternoons
“The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.”
~ Abe Lemons
“It’s paradoxical that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone,
but the idea of getting old doesn’t appeal to anyone.”
– Andy Rooney
The day I retired
My skills didn’t diminish
Nor did they vanish
Yet, now I’m out to pasture
As useful as horse manure
A keen mind I’ve got
Problem solving comes easy
Quickly and breezy
Add subtract and multiply
Yes, I can do on the fly
But I spend my afternoons
Watching laughing at cartoons
On my rocker daydreaming
Or pond’ring on life’s meaning
12-19-2022
© F Aparici
This is the partner poem of one I recently posted "Vapor in the Wind" both discussing what's in store in our twilight years,
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