Retirement

What I love about retirement

is having so much time on my hands

What I hate about hands

is the speed at which they move around the clock

What I love about clock

is the reassurance of its surefooted rhythm

What I hate about rhythm

is the way we part company when I dance

What I love about dance

is the warm embrace of the music

What I hate about music

is its constant crying out for attention

What I love about attention

is the guardsman who stands smartly to it

What I hate about it

is IT, not Information, but Technology

What I love about technology

is how it precipitated my retirement

What I hate about retirement

is having so much time on my hands.