What is best
about being old?
I no longer need to do what I’m told.
Younger people open doors
and smile at me when I visit stores.
Nobody tells me
I must clean my plate
I can sleep until noon and go to bed late
or spend all day just reading a book.
I can go out to eat if I don’t want to cook.
I get a senior
discount when I go to a show
but if I don’t want to, I don’t have to go.
My grandkids think I’m a saint without sin
though my children barely hide their chagrin.