Old Chicks

I saw the Art Linkletter program
"Kids Say the Darnedest Things"
in the 1960s, which does indeed mean
that to anyone in the 4th grade, I'm old.

When I asked the class to guess
how I was like their teacher
one little girl piped up and said,
without any hesitation,
"You're both old"
which wasn't the answer I was
looking for but is still technically,
at least from her perspective,
correct. Another lesson in
the differences that can occur
between cold hard facts

and truth.

I want to side with truth,
the deeper meanings, explanations,
reasons and intentions, the why
you did that taking on importance
far beyond the what.

Or maybe I just think too much.
Older chicks have a tendency to do that.


(c) Ellen Gillette, 2014