Saturday, October 25, 2014

Today is your day

An odd conversation tonight
A full room
All of us in our 20s
And one who brought her
Grandmother who is visiting.
She's 75. Maybe it was the Prosecco
That inspired my interruption.
She was so joyous to be joining
Our soirée and drinking.
She looked around.

"Can you believe this? I'm two
generations older than everyone here."

"I've finally gotten so old that —
even though I'm old — I can start going
to young parties again because they
Listen and Enjoy the wisdom of
The Company."

After too much to drink, I interrupted her
as she began to speak...

"Back in my day..." she began
"Stop that," I jolted in. "That
wasn't your day ... Today is your day."