checking off part of my bucket list

i hope to create and finish my videos

before my high blood pressure cripples me

or before my eyes become too blind ...

ah, the body grows weary with old age

but i take comfort in simple things

much as young children around the world

laugh amidst poverty

by owning a simple ball to play with

although

i think the people in this borrowed photo

are all rich folk

on a beach in Rio

but we'll just pretend ...

children,

poverty,

play