No Place For Ol' Men Poem by David Whalen

No Place For Old Men

Too many tattoos
(And most of them ugly…)
Too many games
On too many phones…
Too much fat
On too many bodies
Whatever happened
To "skin and bones"?
Too much fast food
Too many empty calories
Whatever became of
Cooking at home?
Too many screens to look at…
Far too much trouble
To take a walk…
Far too much time
Spent amidst too many people
Too little time to sit down and talk…
Too many regrets
For not getting things done
And hugs became taboo…since when?
I can no longer abide it
And so I've decided…
This ol' world is no place
…For ol' men…

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