PENSIONER’S LAMENT

Liz sat drinking her oat milk latte, and seeing her reflection in the cafe window sighed. This is not how I imagined my retirement, my face all puffy and pale from the medications I had been prescribed. After an active job I had felt prepared for the future, but my body had other ideas it had decided. Diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol had suddenly appeared, although I was told they had been on their radar for years!!

Having lost the ability to wear stilettos, I reluctantly admitted defeat and replaced them with sensible shoes. I loved my old shoes even kept my favourites, just in case, trying them on now and again but usually ended up going ass over tit .

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Having to Move On

“Wake up Joe, come on, wake up.”

“What’s a matter, what’s going on.”

“Come on Joe, I am sorry to do this but we have had a complaint.”

“What do you mean, what sort of complaint, I ain’t done nothing wrong, let me go back to sleep.”

“Joe, you need to move on, I can’t turn a blind eye anymore.”

“What am I suppose to have done?”

“It’s not about that, I just have to make sure you clear off from this shop front.”

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