“Ode to Retirement,” by Annette Sisson
Apr 20th, 2021 | By Defenestration![](https://www.defenestrationmag.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Defenestration-Poetry.jpg)
And I shall let my hair go gray. Not
that it’s white like the shiny pearl of baby teeth,
nor gleaming like the stainless appliances I polish
in the kitchen. I shall let my hair go gray—