a timex in the flesh

three packs

of camels per day.

whiskey

at night, for lunch,

a 

snort to start the day.

red

meat,

ice cream

and cake.

born in 1928.

potatoes.

bacon

and eggs five

times

a week. a woman

in every port,

and yet.

still ticking. still ticking

at 92,

a timex

in the flesh.