It's the same old story:
he's feeling bored
do I have to listen to this?
even the reader somewhere in my head
turns away in disgust
getting bored that's something for when you're fourteen
then you've a right to boredom
you can even feel despair

now he's eighty
life has deprived him of that right
he is no longer allowed the luxury of idleness
in this world
where even the most pathetic bamboo flute
played by the poorest little garbage-scavenger
still makes music