Old White Dog

You keep trying
to measure your
Self.

As if you were
ordering a
replacement,
only this time
not your
Self.

Better productivity
numbers,
more travel
miles,
better ratio of
outdoors to
indoors,
less accumulated
stuff,
more fitness,
less sitness,
taller,
leaner,
better dressed
for success, and
younger.

But let’s see
what else
has been
replaced,
along with
your
Self.

Wait.

Where’s that
old white
dog
that was
here a few
minutes ago?

(Photo by Marek Szturc; UnSplash)