Last legs

Last legs

Dawn brightens outside the window of the breakfast room of the Super 8 in Marshall, Illinois

I have breakfast of a Danish a banana a probiotic and a cup of coffee with whole milk and Splenda

And take notice of the scaling down of complimentary breakfasts in the course of my hotel stays in recent months

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In about an hour the sun will be high enough to drive Eastward without photonic discomfort

Rush-hour traffic will have lessened as well

And I will then safely speed to the side of the woman who shares my life

Plenty of time then for a hobbitish second breakfast

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I had a doctor’s appointment at ten am today but was able to reschedule online in two minutes to eight am tomorrow

Some aspects of life have improved now that I am threescore and ten and two

On the last leg of my trip home

In the throes of my last and best romance

Tying up the loose ends of a satisfying life with festive bow knots

Hoping for a few more megamonths of journeying