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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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been walking the same streets with my mutt Zoe for a few years there goes that old man and his dog I can imagine them saying as they pass by in their vehicles a lot of them wave they know me well, they don't know me they're just used to seeing Zoe and me that old man and his dog old age eases up on you at one point it looks a long way off then it's in your face you try not to look into mirrors hardly recognize the face looking back you slow down your activities say at home more don’t understand the world isn’t the same even the language is different can hardly understand the hip (old word hip) language try to keep your mind active and alert doing what you can to stave off the inevitable then your memory starts going happens to all of us brain cells a-dying now you have Alzheimer's to think about senile by another name ©January 23, 2012 / Jerry Pat Bolton ~*~ I gave up feeling guilty just to survive a long time ago ~*~ |
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Haha... I stated giving up vital organs at a very young age... A pancreas here, a lung there... That eventually left me feelin very old, though I was but in my early 30's... I've waited patiently for the years to catch me up to how old I've felt for a very very long time. I guess we're kind of opposites in that regard. If nothing else, age has taught me how to relax... I do not envy youngsters who see me as old at all... My years have been exceptionally hard ones. They can keep 'em... I want no "do overs" here. Michael |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
You're only as old as you feel. But I hear you...My mom's alzheimers could one day be mine... Lori |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thank you, Michel, yes, we do have a different take on the age problem. <><> Appreciate your input, Lori. I hope your mother's affliction won't take you too. ~*~ I gave up feeling guilty just to survive a long time ago ~*~ |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
Well, as a friend of mine in Hoboken would say: "Forgettaboutit!" You're not old! You are a seasoned senior, well experienced and filled with knowledge many would pay top dollar for. Enjoyed the read, my friend! JL  Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thanks, JL. ~*~ I gave up feeling guilty just to survive a long time ago ~*~ |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
perfect! (this 'write' about 'sums it all up' for me) ... |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Glad someone understands my premise, thanks, secondhanddreampoet. ~*~ I gave up feeling guilty just to survive a long time ago ~*~ |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Gotta say....getting old does suck...LOL...but you said it better than I could! Write-on, Mr. Pat! May we never go gently into that goodnight! |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Ha! "You're only as old as you feel" as Lori quoted. You can tell a 'youngster' said that. Your body clues you in no matter how young your mind feels, if you're fortunate enough to be speaking of old age (see Michael's comment). I understand, my friend ... and empathize. Good thoughts. j. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Smiles, I must be missing something gi-normous in my life and in my poor little fuzzled brain, because I'm old, I'm 66 and feeling old, but then in my silly book, "feeling old" means feeling wonderful, great, passionate about everything (probably far too many things for my own good), energetic, wise (note "feeling", not necessarily "being", lol!), exhilerated, memory-filled, memory-making, delighting in lessons learned (the easy and the achingly hard), loving new lessons learned every day, smelling the coffee (when I can afford it), the roses (when I come across them), the Acacia xanthophloea blossoms and the Tabernaemontana ventricosa blossoms in my forest and others which have fragrance when they are flowering, touching with all my senses progressively more around me every day. I truly don't get what everybody else does about aging. I am not in denial nor trying to be funny - I understand the words, but I can't wrap my little fuzzled brain around them enough to be able to imagine what they paint. Perhaps I am an alien being from Mars (no, men are from Mars - I must be from Venus). However, on a sensitively serious note, I do concede that is so much easier to do this when one is blessed with my inexplicable health and energy for which I am more grateful with every passing day. I'm rambling, sorry. Jerry, I don't have to understand a poem or a concept to love it - and I love the whole of your poem, especially the bit about you and Zoe being an icon - "there goes that old man and his dog" - not just because of Zoe (though, of course, she is a large part of that, lol), but the picture in my mind is so delightful. Wave, wave, wave as you pass my Pip screen! Please give precious, exquisitely beautiful, cuddly little Zoe lots of cuddles, whispered sweet everythings and Eskimo-kisses (nose-to-nose rubbings) from Auntie Di and please tell her (again) what I think of her. Owl |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
"May we never go gently into that goodnight!" Thanks for the quote, Baby Girl, and it just says it all, doesn't it? <><> Lori has a point, j., but like you said, our bodies presses the point better about this old business. <><> Okay, Owl, I think you made you point. Actually I don't "feel" old most of the times. It is those "other" times that kick my ass. ~*~ I gave up feeling guilty just to survive a long time ago ~*~ |
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Nicole Senior Member
since 1999-06-23
Posts 1835Florida |
If by old, you mean like fine wine and a favorite quilt, that can perfectly warm all the cold, dark stuff away...well then, hell yes. lol |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Ah, Nicole, you have a way of putting it, and I especially liked the quilt, yes indeed I did. Thank you . . . ~*~ I gave up feeling guilty just to survive a long time ago ~*~ |
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