Bench Not Used Much Anymore

Stuart Watkins

No.

Family don’t visit too much anymore

Picnic table been overgrown

Fact is, not safe to sit on

Seems like folks order in food

Stays at home watchin’ TV

News used to be shared around

Tellin’ each other what they heard

Sharin’ smokes and jokes

And sometimes a sip from a jug

When the women ain’t lookin’

Still got my dog Sniffles

We walks together most mornings

Sometimes my bones ache too much

Sniffles looks up and understands

Goanna leave this earth ‘for long

Heaven seems to beckon

It’s time, I reckon