No More Tennis

Here in a retirement home

being unable to roam

i adjust every day

since i have to live this way.

Disabilities increase

so i must renew my lease.

Being less able to read

means more adjusting indeed.

Here i have found many friends

now depending on Depends®

That hasn’t happened to me,

and i retain memory.

My computer is my pal

instead of a pretty gal.

Plenty of those are around

if i were assisted bound.

I can hear music, and write.

I sleep very well all night.

Some exercises i can do

but i have pains–quite a few.

Old age isn’t really bad

after the good life i’ve had.

I would do it all again.

I laugh more than i complain.

Walt Abbott–1-26-2010\