ANTIQUARIAN

I love the smell

the stink

the horrendous rot

that is generated

by the geriatric.

I adore the aged agendas of the ancient

their topics of conversation

their focus

their imagination that their time is done

and yet somehow

they still count.

I enjoy the old folks

and their prunes

and their bowels

and their beliefs

in the good old days.

I love them.

I love the old.

I love the antiques.

I love the ancient.

I love you.