OLD SAWS, NEW

OLD SAWS, NEW
(for N.H.B. Sahoo)

cuts. Who goes
on 4 legs in the morning, 2
at noon and
3 at night? Man, we know, but who
in the morning walks on 4, then runs at noon
on 2 and in the evening walks again on
5?
Me, that's who,
your grandma and my 3-legged cane
and with it I sometimes sit
on 5 legs too. Some call
the world's 5 legs dirt
breath, fire, water, and metal but I say
they are dirt, breath, fire, water, and
thought.