What's with phone solicitation?

This is me JUMPING out of a perfectly good airplane.

Do I look like I need a walk-in bath tub?

With all of the on-line sources, can't they see that I am a vibrant 64 year old who does yoga daily, weight trains three days a week and does aerobic exercise 3 days a week?

I just received a phone call about installing a walk-in bath tub! So here's to all of you who can't wait to sell me secondary insurance to Medicare, safety devices to protect me from falling, and hearing devices so that I can better hear your demands.

Meditation on Aging

Slipping out of our skin,

Like a snake…

It becomes excessive

A baggy shell

No longer tightly encased

It slips right off;

Sagging so that we can

Let Go.

Release the former shape.

The images unrealized,

The ideals undiscovered-

Slinking around,

Moving slowly

Because the bag has slipped,

Unleashing its contents.

We recall:

Memories-

Of beginnings and endings

Merged together,

Clutched to our hearts

Which Beat

so

much

Slower:

As if to signal the end

Only to dissolve

Into the great

Beginning

New Born..

Tight skin,

Knowing…

It must repeat itself.