Breakfast

'Would you like tea of coffee?'

'Yes. Two boiled eggs,' you replied.

Another senior moment

Or just that you relied

On what she normally asks us

Here at the Falcon Hotel

As we slip into the familiar

Pattern of breakfast.  Ah well,

At least we both started laughing

Aware from the moment you spoke

That what you had said without hearing

Was worth a repeat as a joke

When the family gathers together

And stories are being retold

Of the funny things that happen

To all of us as we grow old,

Thankful we can laugh together

Knowing, for now, we can share

A joke at each other's confusion -

Before we're too senile to care!

Brian Hick 11.1109 Stratford-on-Avon

©copyright Sally Hick 2.11.22