A RANDOM SPOUT

A random spout

That's all, not rancorous but attentive to life

As now I live it vigorously, and why not

When already past four score and ten

I contract arduous house-painting opps

Working like a young man, to a loop

Of my choice, Divo, Rod Stewart, Bublé and Phantom

For two coats on a neighbour's walls

Adding money to my Art Fund - my fine art resource

If there's time for canvas between writing and speaking

Long after my challenging professional years

Vested with office and colleagues a seeming lifetime ago,

When in our private home we took privacy for granted,

Then downsized for profit to live in common property

Shared by hundreds whom we hardly know,

Many of whom smoke weed, my unsolicited default fragrance

On a summer evening, at parties held within earshot 

Between midnight and the 5 o'clock train,

Just in time for me to wake for coffee and the gym,

And renters moving in and out and good riddance

Since they care less than owners for our pooled space,

In time as well to see the Donald,

Announced Republican candidate for U.S. Pres

Who surprised Nasa scientists with New Horizons spacecraft photos of Pluto.

Life is anything but uninteresting, when my ears need aids,

And my car needs a soft top, and my wife needs cataract surgery,

And my nearest neighbour needs a detox centre

And my grandkids long board to our house

Where cantaloupe and conversation and water satisfy them.

In our uncommon prolonged summer heat

My raised bed garden yields zucchinis

Tomatoes flourish high on towering plants
And fragrant roses flower for all to enjoy.