Old People Are Cute

• Ashley Agars, Grade 11
• Poetry
• 2013

Old people are cute
The way they waddle
The way they smooch
The way they hobble


Sitting on a park bench
Riding on shopping trollies
Walking side by side, holding hands
Spoiling their grandchildren with lollies


The way they walk so slow, so calm
Wiping away each other’s dribble and snot
Linking arms
Holding each other up


Their eyes still sparkle when they see one another
Still so close
Growing old with their lover
Everyday still buys her a rose