he remembers being called handsome
at age seventy seven and how it
surprised him
because at that age a guy doesn’t expect
that kind of attention
especially because he never thought about
himself as handsome
and was always surprised when a woman said that
about him or he heard about a woman who said that
he never thought he was handsome
like some guys who are obsessed with their looks
he remembers how in the philippines a woman
said he looked like richard gere
and how in his thirties people told him
he looked like clint eastwood
to this day he still has trouble believing
those comparisons
and in a way wishes he had been a little
conceited like some guys are
and been bolder and more confident
in approaching women
but God knows he had more than enough
women in his life
though his initial dream of finding the right one
in high school and being married to her forever
never happened
bob boyd
