Cookie and River

These two dogs of hers have aged
it’s plain in Cookie’s face, River’s
movements.  Ourselves too with
lists of minor ailments aches and 
assignations.  Bunions, trigger finger,
bum shoulder, bad knee, failing eyesight,
sketchy memories.  But here we all are
here we go the new adventure the one 
of aging the question being will we 
do it with aplomb or dragging 
our bunioned feet?