Who'll Be Next

Wheelchairs

and walkers

in God’s

waiting room

Praying

abeyant

the end

coming soon

Front to

the back

they line

in the queue

Telling their

stories

from memory’s

askew

They wait

and they wonder

who’ll be next

to go

As all through

the lounge

great grandkids

in tow

New moments

like hen’s teeth

each minute

a year

As walkers

and wheelchairs

rust out

— in the tears

(Dunwoody Retirement Home: September, 2025)