He thought of the 70’s
and the wonderful poetry
of the “beats”
and how some of those beats
seemed to
beat a retreat
to the 60’s
and
then he turned 70
and popped a
bunionette on one
of his
feet,
so it’s a little
more difficult now
for him
to beat a retreat
on those feet
or even go forward
very fast
for that matter
so he’ll sit at the computer
and try to imitate
those beats.