Senior discounts

Today involves meeting with my supervisor so I can get the required number of supervisory hours toward the final license for counseling.  Today also involves the adventure of Senior Gold Checking, and finding out exactly what it means to obtain those free checks which have to be printed specially (we think) on newsprint, or perhaps toilet paper, and begged for on one knee, only in person, at the bank.

Today the adventure involves

Cashing in on

The promised free checks.

We are in the early stages

Of senior discounts.

Of course it requires my presence

At the bank.

The bankers are busy.

They are not available

By phone.

I am thankful today

I am mobile

I can see

I can hear

I can drive.

My brain today

Is even

Somewhat supple

For the conversation around

The promised free checks.

We are only in the early stages

Of promised senior discounts.

We have not yet begun

To prove to waitresses

We are eligible

For the senior breakfast:

An egg,

Half a piece of whole wheat toast,

A tiny glass of orange juice.

We are in the early stages

Of promised senior discounts.

We have only

Just begun.