Sunday Morning in Middle Age Before stepping into the shower I remember a segment from the Nightly News where researchers in some prestigious university discovered the number of push-ups a man can do has a direct correlation to the likelihood of developing heart disease so as the shower ran and the mirrors misted up I hit the deck to determine when I would die, my palms pressed to the tiles, my arms shaking. If I could hit twenty, I’d reduce my chance of a stroke by sixty-four percent, according to the researchers. There’s no suspense here, folks. After ten push-ups, I dropped flat to my belly on the bathroom rug, done. A forty-three year old man, found dead in a bathroom in his boxer shorts beside a toilet—an ugly obituary. Nathan Graziano lives in Manchester, New Hampshire, with his wife and kids. His books include Teaching Metaphors (Sunnyoutside Press), After the Honeymoon (Sunnyoutside Press) Hangover Breakfasts (Bottle of S...
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