Even As Your Body Betrays You, Your

After Sixty-one Years Together, She Simply Clutched My Hand And Exhaled.

You Work Hard On A Book And Throw It Out There And Then It's Beyond Your Control.

Why The Hell Shouldn't I Run Away With The Circus?

Age Is A Terrible Thief. Just When You're Getting The Hang Of Life, It Knocks Your Legs Out From Under You And Stoops Your Back. It Makes You Ache And Muddies Your Head And Silently Spreads Cancer Throughout Your Spouse.

But It All Zipped By. One Minute Marlena And I Were Up To Our Eyeballs, And The Next Thing We Knew The Kids Were Borrowing The Car And Fleeing The Coop For College. And Now, Here I Am. In My Nineties And Alone.