The sages say it takes ten thousand hours
for someone to acquire expertise.
While talent may be there at birth, the powers
in success require practice to increase.
And though you’ve walked since you were one year old,
your average steps per day have been so few,
you’d have to live a hundred years, all told,
to ambulate with skill the way I do.

But everyone knows how to walk, you say,
if they have working legs and hips and knees.
I disagree. I’m out there every day,
and have to dodge the zombie-strollers. Please
ignore my words on driving. If I talk
of love don’t listen. I know how to walk.