slowly losing it

you are less

inclined

to wait these days, you

want

it now.

you no longer have the patience

to wait

in line,

to wait for water to boil,

for the mail

to come,

for the screen to

warm

and turn on.

you have no

patience with those that

have no

facts

and yet argue

their crazy beliefs

until the sun goes down,

have you become the grumpy

old man

your father was?

perhaps.