[Glenn Wright]

I like how the gentle, three-beat rhythm lets the poem unfold slowly, suggesting the diminished pace of the old men’s life. Now that I’m past 70 it has special resonance for me. I also like the references to Eliot’s “Prufrock” in S2 and to Chaucer’s “Parliament of Fowles” in S3, although the image of old men regurgitating their memories as owls regurgitate half-digested mice is a bit off-putting. That may well have been deliberate.
I was puzzled by S4L2 : “that’s coming close to close.” Does this mean that the people in the circle are getting closer to each other, or that the circle of their lives is coming close to ending? The second, I suspect. Read aloud, this would be clarified by the second “close” being pronounced with an /s/ or a /z/.
My favorite line is S4L3: “Demeaned as demented,”
The ending makes me wonder if they are aware that the years (I.e. the younger generation) have condemned them. Your use of “demented” and “children” in S4 suggests that they are oblivious to their humiliation, but “embracing” and “let” suggest the opposite.
Fine job!
Glenn