Rock and Roll

the rock and roll marathon
is tomorrow in San Antonio
it has been going on here
for a few days
my neice Dr. Laura
sent me some requested medication
for a common ailment
it was a nice thing for her to do
I was anxious to get started
well get started I did
I should have know when
she used words like
work up to
slowly work up to
that I should do so
now let me point out
this is a small cabin
when I am at my desk writing I am
ten steps from the bathroom
in my tv chair 8 steps
at the kitchen sink 12 steps
all hell broke loose
with little warning
at 72 I don't move like
a spring chicken anymore
but spring I did
barely making it to the toilet
why did they put it back in the corner
my life has changed
I have moved my furniture
am keeping my path to the bathroom clear
the second my body issues a warning
I am on the move
am trying to figure how
I am going to leave the cabin ever again
should have known with words like
thorne, active path and fermentation process
on the medication I was in trouble
I think the sprinting exercise is good for me
Nick my doctor son
says 4 or 5 days a week 45 minutes exercise
how about 7-24 Nick?
if you can give your patients
the stuff Laura gave me
that rock and roll marathon
will be easy