Confessions of a Cranky Granny

Men become distinguished as they grow older. Women, on the other hand, become invisible.

Confessions of a Cranky Granny

Same store, same day, two men

independently jammed access

to aisle entrances/exits.

Muted oaths by me then

                      "Meekness be damned!"

I aimed my shopping cart

at the entrance, jostling through

dawdling wildebeests. They gawked.

Being female and "old" marked me

unseen but I advanced, freeing myself

to claim the approach, and leaving

them pushed aside like scraps

of cowhide.

As Meryl Streep once said,

"We're here now . . . and we will not

                     be bullied."

Rueing my deeds only when driving off,

I still pumped my fist in celebration!           

                       My bad.

Marilyn Aschoff Mellor