Retirement blues


He will retire in eight years and
he said he really deserved his pension;
he’d never been ill or stayed
home from work, not one single day.

But why retire at all if he’s so fit –
wouldn’t it better if he just kept on
working? And he could finance
an early retirement for everybody
who’s sick and still has to work.

       watercolor of old guy by Henry Denander

© Henry Denander 2004