baby talk

it's good to have

a hobby.

she says,

join something.

a club,

take up golf or swimming,

or badminton,

what about pickleball?

i sigh.

you need to make some new

friends.

what about

fishing?

do you like to fish?

gardening?

i sit up on the couch and ask

her

why are you talking to me

like a baby.

because you're

behaving like one, she says.

now man up,

and get out of here.

you're not dead yet, hell,

you're not even

old.

quit your whining and i'll

see you back in here,

in two weeks.

Tuesday, Five thirty.

take some candy from the dish

by the door,

and be happy.