When you get too old
to see
all the dust on the furniture
the cobwebs in the corner
the stains on your shirt
the expiration dates on food
the warnings on prescriptions
the ingredients
the front page
the street signs
the directions
the fine print
the fact your fly is open
then life is easier
because what you don't know
can't hurt you
until it does
but by then it is too late
and it does not matter
you've seen all there is
to see.
Was it Bette Davis (or maybe Joan Crawford?) who observed that
old age ain't for sissies? I have the feeling that in making my
leisurely way towards 76, I have as much right to discuss the
subject as anyone - and probably more than most on WOL - and.
will offer assurance that possessing a sense of humour is a great plus towards looking after number one in later life.
Shit you've got me worried now
dk why wrote you this?
I am like Keith approaching age
I don't wish things to miss
I've checked for stains upon my shirt (none)
My food's got plenty life (good)
Scrip warnings I can read (no probs)
I should thus live long life
dk my spelling's top-rate
Can pick out errers kwick
My eyesite's 100/100
I'm aging well ain't thick.......
d.k.,
A very philosophical poem tinged with good humour. I am fast approaching such an age with all its incumbent problems. A big yes to stains on my shirt.
Thanks for this
Keith
Tue 30th Jul 2019 11:52
with age comes poor eyesight
yet clarity.
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Don Matthews
Wed 31st Jul 2019 00:41
MC you've made my day you have
Why plus-like I do feel
Like you, an aging geriatric
Humour is my deal
This dk guy from Yankee land
Spurs me to write stuff
What would I do without him MC?
I'd have to write just fluff
How boring.....