🎭 Culture Jun 17, 2026 · Clellan Coe

The Elderly Among Us

The American Scholar
American Scholar magazine
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At the corner opposite the sports center where I turn left on my way through town, I saw an elderly man step off the curb and angle toward the crosswalk. He was not frail-looking, but he moved stiffly and advanced slowly, his walking stick in one hand and a bag of groceries swinging from the other. For all appearances, he was oblivious, in his own world. I put my blinker on but didn’t press forward: I wanted to give him time.
In addition to the sports center, one high school and two primary scho

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