Budging

Recently many old people have tried to budge me

-Boomers-

at the bookstore, bakery, dance concert

the list goes on

believing, I would guess

their age provides them

with a society wide

FastPass

I do not tolerate this

I do not let it go

because one

the line is a sacred

long-standing

cultural agreement

and two

the Boomers

collectively

have wrought more damage

than any generation that has gone before

their breadth and longevity not a function 

of any particular accomplishment

or just cause

but of circumstance

and consequential medical advancement

(looking at you Lipitor)

yes, I am courteous to my elders

and value the wisdom and experience of the old

but rudeness, entitlement, and self importance

are not a good look regardless of age

and respect must be earned.