America's Aged And Infirm Poem by James McLain

Before the Britannic encyclopedia
or computers,
the Aged who were not afflicted with
Alzheimer's or Parkinson's
could by their own life experiences
teach the young about
what they today would never
live through that were brought alive
by their stories.
Complex thoughts written down with words
that came alive
in those very same heads that are hollow
and empty.
Sadly to some families,
they without money are just a burden
to them
and ungreatfull to them
for the very lives they gave to them.
Dumped off in nursing homes or A.L.F.$
many without interaction with other people
sit on the front porch,
target practice for the young thug's, black
or white that drive by.