I don't
Go to the doctor
For yearly physicals

I stay in good shape

I don't attend weddings
Or funerals

All that dancing
And small talk

All that frowning
And comiserating

Congratulations
On the wedding
I won't be attending

When someone
Has passed on
They've passed on

I'll grieve in my own way

Besides there
Is family
At these gatherings

Reason enough
To stay away