Recently I heard of an old fellow,
a lawyer, who worked until he was
almost 100 years old.
Then he had an accident, a fall.
He died during his convalescence.
They say the cause of death
was unspecific; that most likely
he died of a broken
routine.
There is no other life.
(With apologies to Gary Snyder.)
I make my living as a minor bureaucrat. Oh, yes, it’s good work, coming up with public transportation solutions, but it has its costs.
