How An Elderly Man Compensates For His Losses Poem by Frank Avon

How An Elderly Man Compensates For His Losses



What cannot be,
cannot be.
He has his garden to tend,
his beds to weed.

his roses
his wildflowers
his elephant ears
his clematis vine

his daisies
his black-eyed Susans
his cosmos
the columbine

his wife's wisteria
his giant hibiscus
his honeysuckle
his burning bush

his coleus
his Boston ferns
all those spider plants
all those lilies

and then it's winter.

Saturday, October 4, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: aging
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