Red-faced as the flag flapping from his golf cart, 

The man cursed as he whipped his jowly face around,

Glaring at the car that dared to pass him, 

Inflaming his sense of wounded honor. 

 

The woman next to him flippantly waved her liver spotted arm, 

Engaging her long-suffering, long learned tactics of 

Managing his rage, 

Dissipating his fervor, 

His affronted ego

 

As the silver SUV passed,

A car driven by a younger woman, 

A woman born into a different generation, 

A different perspective, 

A future that left him and his furor 

Behind.