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TODAY WE TALK OF BEING OLD



You have ten minutes then be back at the car
That was OK for me it was antiques not far
At the door this man stood unsteady with a cane
He was smoking a cigarette out in the rain
The timing was bad as he walked in the door
I stood helplessly behind him trying to ignore
He said, "You have to excuse I'm seventy and old."
Resisted saying,"Put out that weed get out of the cold."
A year younger than him I sprinted to the car
Sometimes it is life choices making you older than you are
We had to wait a fat lady was backing from handicap spaces
She was moving quite well getting to the desert places
Someone will say you don't know what its like crippled and old
Trust me real pain--it is not those realities I do scold
Prostate Cancer--a blown knee, won't let age get the best of me
We all get old one day--but we must face aging the best we can be

 







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