i got your old age right here punk

someone reminds
you that you are getting
old.
you slap this person
across their young
face
with a glove
and challenge
them to run a race
or to a game
of one on one basketball.
you point
at a bar bell on
the floor that you
have been lifting
since you were
thirteen years old
and say lift
that, loser. you show
them that you
can read the newspaper
without holding
it three feet
away from your
squinting eyes.
you are getting
very sensitive
about your age
these days.