At 80, I’m nearing my obsolescence,
a departure from this tired life.
Perhaps I’ll join some old friends
who became obsolete before me.
Maybe I’ll see Joe Drew there,
who died in Viet Nam or
Mike McHugh and Dennis Doughty,
both died about 5 years ago.
Maybe I’ll make it to something
as grand and as blissful as a heaven.
The absolute worst for me would be
if I died and eventually became obsolete
in the afterlife and had to return to
this troubled world again and again.
Bob Boyd