You look at me and think
Old man.
You don’t see the toddler
Gawping at a world
Where all was new.
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Thanks for the formatting tips.
If that was irony I felt in the capitalized Work Bag and Work Clothes, I thought it might be extended to First Paycheck.
The following is only point I thought is a little overstated.
"The bald scalp
The crumbling face
The stumble
The stiffness"
Will wait to see the new version.
Aparna