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From: Mother in Law
Date: 12-01-2004, 12:18 PM (1 of 3)
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THE GOLDEN AGE NOBODY NOTICES WHAT AN OLD WOMAN WEARS, NOBODY NOTICES, NOBODY CARES, AND SO I GO HOME AND DO AS I PLEASE, WITH MY HAIR YANKED BACK AND MY SOUL AT EASE BUT ONCE IN A WHILE THE OLD FIRES BURN AND TO RIBBONS AND LACES AND FLOWERS I TURN AND WITH EARRINGS ABOB, AND HAIR NEATLY CURLED IGO OUT AND LOOK AT THE WIDE, WIDE WORLD, BUT NOBODY NOTICES AND NOBODY CARES. AN OLD WOMAN’S AND OLD WOMAN WHATEVER SHE WEARS, AND SO I GO HOME AND DO AS I PLEASE WITH MY HAIR YANKED BACK AND MY SOUL AT EASE. HOW DO I KNOW MY YOUTH HAS BEEN SPENT? “CAUSE MY” GET-UP-GO” HAS GOT UP AND WENT. BUT IN SPITE OF IT ALL I’M ABLE TO GRIN WHEN I THINK “WHERE MY GET UP AND GO” HAS BEEN. OLD AGE IS GOLDEN I’VE HEARD IT SAID BUT SOMETIMES I WONDER AS I GO TO BED, MY EARS IN A DRAWER, MY TEETH IN A CUP, MY EYES ON A TABLE UNTIL I WAKE UP. AS SLEEP DIMS MY EYES I SAY TO MYSELF IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I SHOULD LAY ON THE SHELF? MY FRIENDS ARE THE SAME AS IN DAYS OF YORE WHEN I WAS YOUNG MY SLIPPERS WERE RED I COULD KICK MY FEET CLEAR OVER MY HEAD, THEN I GREW OLDER-- MY SLIPPERS WERE BLUE BUT STILL I COULD DANCE THE WHOLE NIGHT THRU. NOW I AM OLD AND MY SLIPPERS ARE BLACK I WALK TO ThE CORNER AND I PUFF MY WAY BACK. THE REASON I KNOW ThAT MY YOUTH HAS BEEN SPENT MY “GET UP AND GO” HAS GOT UP AND WENT. BUT I REALLY DON’T MIND WHEN I THINK WITH A GRIN OF ALL THE GRAND PLACES MY “GET UP” HAS BEEN. SINCE I HAVE RETIRED FROM LIFE’S COMPETITION I FIND EACH DAY AN EXACT REPITITION. I GET UP EACH MORNING AND DUST OFF MY WITS, PICK UP THE PAPER AND READ THE “OBITS” IF MY NAME IS MISSING, I KNOW I’M NOT DEAD, SO I EAT A BIG BREAKFAST AND GO BACK TO BED |
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From: MaryW
Date: 12-01-2004, 12:59 PM (2 of 3)
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Now, that is cute. Thanks Susie
MaryW
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From: Mother in Law
Date: 12-01-2004, 06:28 PM (3 of 3)
| It sounded so famililar I couldn't resist. LOL |
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