Ten To Go

By
Gene Novogrodsky
– July 5, 2011Posted in: Local Writers & Poets, Poetry

Ten To Go

…and the doctor says: “You have a better chance of dying within the next ten years through a bicycle accident than due to heart problems.”

I pick up on the “ten.” It is the first time anyone has offered a life-span comment.

Ten!

After that, the doctor said I might need a new valve; the current one isn’t opening as wide as it should.

But I’m not interested in the valve. It is the “ten.”

I leave his office, get on my bike and revel in the 98-degree heat, ten to go, ten to go ….

I’ll be ready. I’m ready now. As for the valve ….

Eugene “Gene” Novogrodsky, early July 2011

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About Gene Novogrodsky

Eugene “Gene” Novogrodsky has lived in the Rio Grande Valley in Brownsville for 21 years. He is a co-founder of the Narciso Maritinez Cultural Arts Center Writers Forum in San Benito. He says he has rarely been published; he fears rejection! Instead he loves to read his work in Savory Perks, in the Writers forum, and the Valley International Poetry Festival events. What he enjoys most is reading to several friends, or even strangers in small groups. He is married to his friend and companion, Ruth E. Wagner, who is also a poet and craftsperson. He does write letters to both print and online publications and has been a good friend to Writers of the Rio Grande.