M.A.Sinnhuber: Quarter

As a matter of fact,

the physician said that I am in the last

quarter of my life.

Four quarters make one dollar.

Four quarters make one life.

I think he’s wrong, though.

Even with severe-math-anxiety,

I know I’m in the last eighth of my life.

On average, a woman dies at 82,

a man, 80.

I have 11 years left, that’s about 1/8.

I’m down to my last dime.

From The Leaving Field (Mad Books). Copyright 2013 M.A. Sinnhuber. Reprinted by permission of the author.

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M.A. Sinnhuber