This is my entry for
Sensational Haiku Wednesday
Body’s warranty
Expired at forty-five
Who knows what is next
Recall the kid’s song
Head, shoulders, knees and, yes, toes
Only in reverse
But let’s add one more
Chronic degeneration
X-rayed in right hip
The doctors have said:
“Have you had an injury
That bides a new hip?
You are much too young
But rehab will be a snap
For the same reason”
Now… four months later
I can walk one point five miles
Without discomfort
I descend the stairs
Like the average person
With ease, no distress
A corporal scar
Is the only reminder
Of lost meniscus
I’m truly grateful
For doctors, surgeons, pain pills
And new lease on life
