Author: Steve Schatz

Agnes eats apricots
right off the tree
“They may not be
all ripe
but they’re all right
with me.”

If you must know, I’ve
difficulty bending
my knee

So it’s tree fruit
or no fruit
and I love fruit
you see.”

Wrinkle wrinkle
on my face
Let’s be honest
every place.

Once my skin
was tight and fair
Muscles firm
nice derriere

Think wise oak,
not gnarled tree
Old, fine wine
complexity.

Myrtle & Marty

Myrtle and Marty have been friends for life

So close, most mistake them for husband and wife

But Marty’s as gay
as a musical play

And Myrtle’s bed choices
present varied voices

In all other acts,
they can blend without strife
And co- beard when small minded
riffraff are rife.