Creeping Old Man
I admit that I
always wonder why old people took so long to do everything; of course this was
my earlier years. Then, my sister laughed at me when she saw me taking up
something that fell. For me it all happened fast, until I realized that she was
laughing at how slow I was moving. It was easy to see what she saw then. I was
like my gran parents and didn’t realized
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Creeping Old Man Cringed
and crawling slowly Right
in front of everybody Easing
his way across the room Each
action meticulously time consumed Patience
are tested, people must wait Inadvertently
he makes everyone late No
higher gears to speed up, his motions are slow Getting
old now dictates the pace he must go Old
man creeping doesn’t know that he Limits
others from reaching their destiny Deliberately
he steps to secure your balance Minds
and temper flare and there’s heated parlance And
without realizing it, these otherwise mannerly folk Nudged
the Creeping Old Man until his spirit broke |
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