He jogged and jogged and jogged
on sidewalks in many cities
on hot days and cold days
in summers and winters.
He ran fast and he ran slow
and he always ran alone.
Sometimes people yelled at him.
Sometimes dogs chased him.
But they didn’t deter him;
He kept jogging every day.
But the sneaky sidewalks
ended his jogging days
with a knee injury
that even an operation
didn’t properly heal.
So he became a walker
and never got injured again.
Bob Boyd