The Parking Lot of Pappalardo's Pizza Cove, Massapequa, NY

Outside with two Anthonys,
overthinking age,
wishing it were back in the day.

Strained my quad
on Go Skateboarding Day,
go figure for a 41-year-old. 

The 90s are to us
what the 50s were for our folks,
just a better time.

Not looking forward 
to my body breaking down
because I still want to run and jump. 

Wash myself in rooibos tea,
I never met my dad,
but I am my father's daughter.

However you define it,
we remember as we choose 
and I am old.