Pipe and Slippers

(Picture Credit - Calisphere)

I might have retired from employment

But I haven’t retired from Life.

Nature’s wonders are green for me,

So I still love to write.

For sure I wear those slippers

As I type another poem.

But no pipe for me

Or smoke to fill my home.

I strut the courts of table tennis,

And play the full game too.

Sometimes I’m quite the athlete

Though I always like a brew.

I’m not talking tea here,

I think you get my drift.

A pint or too of draught beer

Will always give me a lift.

I love a game of snooker,

And a night of indoor bowls.

I’m not much of a cooker,

That’s just not one of my roles.

Pub lunches are so yummy,

It’s good to have a chat.

I always fill my tummy,

What more can I say than that?

Yes, retirement is so peaceful,

And I am free from “Work”.

It may not suit all people,

But Life I’ll never shirk.

Paul Butters