Death

Two of my friends died of cancer this year and I had a heart attack on Valentines Day...

Timely Comparisons

At fifty-five my father was told

that he could not shovel snow any more,

turning 63 I have the same directive.

He smoked a harsh cigarette-Daily Mail

which he rolled himself from the age of 14.

I smoked at 14 to be cool and stopped somewhere 

in university because it no longer was.

He drank red wine a concoction that be brewed himself

using Niagara grapes from my uncle’s vine yard.

I drink Corona with lime on those summer days that I barbecue

He died at 79.