6 to 60

just six weeks to 60and i’m feeling fine (’til then i’m gon’ party like i’m fifty-nine) there’s not all that much difference in how I speakbut when i move now there’s an audible creakand a slight subtle wincing that plays on my face‘cause the creaks never seem to come from the same place just six weeks to 60and i’m feeling good though probably not sleeping s’much as i should my Apple watch tells me more hours would be rightand to stop waking up at 3:30 each nightthe dread that its morning reporting would bringmade me just decide to stop wearing the thing just six weeks to 60and i’m feeling great there’s plenty of nutritious food on my plate except for tomatoes, potatoes, and cherrieseggplants and mushrooms, bananas, strawberriesalong with milk, soy, most nuts, shellfish and wheatto which I’m allergic and no longer eat just six weeks to 60and i’m feeling swell though a bit overwhelmed. you can probably tell. it’s the blinking, this subconscious facial attackwhich makes me seem i’m always taken abackat the world that surrounds me - so loud, fast, and new.(come to think of it, that part is probably true) just six weeks to 60and i’m feeling jake some credit is due to the vitamins i take There are five different numbers of vitamin Bsthen twice-daily well-buffered capsules of Csand a top probiotic drink guaranteed to please, whichunfortunately tastes like a blueberry cheese just six weeks to 60and i’m feeling young (there’s so many k-pop songs i haven’t sung!) I’m not sure that i’ve lived enough to be wisethough i’ve seen 60 Easters and Fourths of Julysguess if i can keep navigating through all this hazeI’ll be all that much wiser in… 42 days. Get full access to :lowerblackpain at lowerblackpain.substack.com/subscribe