Nov 2026

 

It all becomes just a blur...

Yes, life does seem
To speed up 
As I get older.
Also my world
Gets more entertaining.
I’ve decided to define
Dwindling eyesight
As 
Entertaining.

The blobs 
Robbed away
By macular degeneration
Don’t look like the grey
Blops they show us
On YouTube.
Those blops are indeed
Non-existent areas
But our brains
Act like badly-trained robots…
And just fill in the blanks
With stupid schlock.
Yes, the schlock
Is visually related 
To the still-clear areas…
And the schlock
Might or might not
Be blurry…
But it’s still schlock.

I can’t read booky-books
Any longer…
Audiobooks are my new norm…
With earbuds,
Of course,
So I can hear the narrators.
And when I work NYT crosswords
On my big 27-inch iMac
I often try to solve for the wrong word:
A 3-letter word for “Cab”
Means “Taxi” doesn’t fit…
Then later I discover
The clue was “Cob”
And the answer is “Ear.”
Now, that is funny,
N’est pas?

And for these monthly calendars,
I’ve also started relying more
On images given to me 
By talented and observant friends
And hope they’re in focus.
If they’re not…
Now you know why.

This month’s offering
Is one of my own…
And, yes, I know it’s
A mass of streaks.
It’s my effort to show you
My skyline view at night.
There were other
Unshaken results,
But I’m entertained again
By my own 
Shortcomings.

Aging happens, eh?
I’ve decided to call it fun.
...
Have a great November
And
Be sure to remember…
While you're remembering
My friend Van
On the eleventh,
Think also
Of Vonnegut
Et al.
His birthday
And pleas
For humanity.
...
If this isn't nice, what is?
              ~ Kurt Vonnegut, of course