An Article in The Places

Aging arrives 

with new patterns of speech
When you’re the old
You will insert the odd article
in a strange place.

You don’t like steak
You like a steak
As if picturing a specific, singular version

of whatever follows the article, like
an aioli sauce

You don’t go to 

Walmart

You go to
The Walmart
The Bass Pro

Oh,
The humanity.

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