That doesn't necessarily mean that they don't enjoy where they are now. They don't take these things for granted. They are talented an unique. They have a history worthy of an ear. I have grown by listening about their lives.
Old people are different, yet so alike.
I take such enjoyment in learning how they are different and the reasons why they are alike. The next poem uses wordplay, as in the first example above, in order to portray old age as a time of contradictions and anxieties. Odd the word old. Vacation tropical beaches and big white Buicks, grandchildren bringing me pictures and flowers and datebread. Old odd the word old.