Why Should I Worry | Natasha Josefowitz

Why Should I Worry

Natasha Josefowitz

The young people don't worry when they..,

don't remember

their best friend's name,

lose their car keys twice a week,

can't find their wallets,

misplace their glasses,

walk into a room and don't know

what it was they were looking for,

forget their own phone number,

can't think of a common word

they use every day,

can't recall what they just read

or what someone just said,

lose the list they wrote of

things to remember.

The young people just shrug their shoulders,

but people my age

think they have Alzheimer's disease.