Bounteous Wisdom

Do not, ever, underestimate
the values lifestyles of the
comfortable elderly; more than
capable with years of experience
behind them, of exercising the
wisdom of those years. They
do not lack for entertainment,
avidly looking toward the week-end
offering of advertisement flyers.

At the breakfast table, the
house-delivered adverts that
deluge society are sorted, compared,
prices checked and re-checked,
special sales with enticing nuances
carefully noted; those flyers
representing keepers, set aside.

The creaky old bones settle nicely
within the family-sized van, deemed
by the wizened owners adequate for
their needs, and off they go, one driving,
the other persistently navigating, to
visit the shops on the route carefully
mapped to acquire their bargains.