At the Village Chinese Restaurant

At the Village Chinese Restaurant

It's not elegant nor is it high cuisine, but

offers tasty, hefty servings at fair prices.

It's a townie kind of place,

favored by construction workers

with their salty chatter.

From time to time I meet Ted and Eve

for lunch, we talk, we laugh and

we commiserate. And so we did again.

In years past I could strut in,

these days I need my walker.

In years past Ted would sail in,

these days he uses a cane.

The eatery is the like it's always been,

we are not.