The Good Life

Should I start to count

The fingerprints on my glasses?

The glasses I see through

Or the ones I drink from?

Should I play

A hand of pinochle

With my grandpa,

In the sunroom of his

Manufactured home

In Barefoot Bay,

Thirty years ago?

Once around the neighborhood

On my grandma’s tricycle,

As contentment rises

From each wheel.

A sunny day by the pool,

Playing shuffleboard—

Yeah, that’s the good life!

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Author: Gordon S. Bowman III

Writer, Visual Artist, Blogger

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