EXISTENIALISM--A MOST BITTER PILL

Sick
& alone
ain't so bad--
when young
but on the south side
of sixty
it fuckin sucks.

Wake up
& realize
nobody
gives a shit
about your fever,
your stomach,
your head or
your heart.
Nobody
to bring you
a compress,
a cup of tea
or spoonful
of forgetting,
or even
an aspirin.
Your ass
is exposed.
You've arrived
at the Stillwell Avenue's
terminal
of the soul.

Have a good
day.

Norman Savage
Greenwich Village, 2015