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AMERICAN BONES
these ancient bones have turned to stone,
fossilized like the famous redwoods of arizona
or the tibia of a tyrannosaurus rex
yet complaining when i drag 'em out of bed
as though it's not me doing all the work
and the knees especially raising hell,
waking up the soft tissue
like that tendon at the right elbow
that whines like a bitch and the prostate
all puffed up and obstinate, slowing down the flow of things
and "holy shit(!) you ain't a-going to work, old man?"
and i say hell yes i'm a-goin' to work
cuz workin', cuz, is the 'merican way
and i might be old but i'm still american
(an' i got the debt to prove it!)
fossilized like the famous redwoods of arizona
or the tibia of a tyrannosaurus rex
yet complaining when i drag 'em out of bed
as though it's not me doing all the work
and the knees especially raising hell,
waking up the soft tissue
like that tendon at the right elbow
that whines like a bitch and the prostate
all puffed up and obstinate, slowing down the flow of things
and "holy shit(!) you ain't a-going to work, old man?"
and i say hell yes i'm a-goin' to work
cuz workin', cuz, is the 'merican way
and i might be old but i'm still american
(an' i got the debt to prove it!)
Published 10th Apr 2021
Author's Note
I continue to work past retirement age, mostly to pay for my wife's health insurance. Good lord, how I despise our health care system.
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10th Apr 2021 2:47pm
10th Apr 2021 5:02pm
10th Apr 2021 3:51pm
10th Apr 2021 5:08pm
It doesn't get easier, but I'm glad I can still make it happen.
Thanks so much for reading and commenting.
Now...onward to the evening shift.
J.
Thanks so much for reading and commenting.
Now...onward to the evening shift.
J.
Anonymous
- Edited 10th Apr 2021 6:57pm
10th Apr 2021 6:54pm
Damn our healthcare system is just so skewed... insurance companies dictating care, it's criminal
I have an 80 year old mother who is still self sufficient (for the time being) but who has had bouts of medical issues throughout her older age. Now we're dealing with diabetes and macular degeneration... which the insurance companies constantly battle AGAINST covering the medication needed for her to have VISION to be able to see, can you believe that?!? ... YEAH, I bet you can. It's just disgusting and I totally get where you are coming from. I can spar with the best of them by now... it's just a shame that I have to do that at all. The costs are just robbery.
I hope you have a good evening at work and my wishes are for a retirement sooner rather than later.
Hope, on the horizon.... 🙏 Dear, Joe Pesci.
ha!.. a little levity!
💜
xoxo
-B
(apologies for droning!)
hahaha
I have an 80 year old mother who is still self sufficient (for the time being) but who has had bouts of medical issues throughout her older age. Now we're dealing with diabetes and macular degeneration... which the insurance companies constantly battle AGAINST covering the medication needed for her to have VISION to be able to see, can you believe that?!? ... YEAH, I bet you can. It's just disgusting and I totally get where you are coming from. I can spar with the best of them by now... it's just a shame that I have to do that at all. The costs are just robbery.
I hope you have a good evening at work and my wishes are for a retirement sooner rather than later.
Hope, on the horizon.... 🙏 Dear, Joe Pesci.
ha!.. a little levity!
💜
xoxo
-B
(apologies for droning!)
hahaha
11th Apr 2021 5:40pm
It's just a ridiculous system.
It only makes sense for stockholders.
Americans deserve better. And yet, when I hear the old "socialized medicine" bullshit against reforming our healthcare system I think, well, Americans get what they deserve. Of course all of us suffer for it.
Anyway...thanks so much for reading and commenting.
Another shift this evening.
Running late, as is my M.O.
Thank you again.
Always a pleasure.
It only makes sense for stockholders.
Americans deserve better. And yet, when I hear the old "socialized medicine" bullshit against reforming our healthcare system I think, well, Americans get what they deserve. Of course all of us suffer for it.
Anyway...thanks so much for reading and commenting.
Another shift this evening.
Running late, as is my M.O.
Thank you again.
Always a pleasure.
