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The Saturday poem: In the Vicinity of the Crank-House

Written By Unknown on Saturday, April 25, 2015 | 6:06 AM

by Anthony Thwaite

I am becoming a connoisseur of walking sticks
Comparing my own stout stump with the slender ferrule,
The harsh metal wand, or the pair of hospital crutches.

Not lameness or amputation, thank God, simply old age
And a condition known as “degenerative spine” –
Something between a moral menace and a washed-out weakling.

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