grey socks pulled up to his knees
and a velcro strap over the laces
of his sneakers
he takes turns
between reading his Des Moines Register
and throwing bits of his maple pecan muffin
to the robins on the cafe patio
he makes me not afraid to get old
he does it well
even if he is poorly dressed
in a vacation t-shirt
and non-descript ballcap
whoever says the clothes make the man
never looked closely enough
but i can tell
and the birds can tell
that this old man has
style
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