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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

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South Louisiana

0 posted 2013-07-01 07:11 AM

I'm getting old
wrinkled and crazy
can't do anything
about the getting old and wrinkled
but I'm trying
very, very hard to stay sane
'course some of my closest friends
are crazy
maybe it isn't so bad after all
still, old age is a minefield
of things you want to do
but can't
your physical body has left you
replaced by one
you'd rather not look at or deal with
but you have no choice
can't do much about that problem
but you can ward off
mental ineptitude
that's my thing
keeping the mind busy
is a must
absofrickinlutely
I will stave off
that nameless dark trying to enshroud me
fight the dying brain cells
never hold up the white flag
never give up
and just sit by the window and stare out
and lose myself
to the futility of it all
I've life left to live
and I'll live it until I cannot
comme ci, comme ça

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

[This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (07-01-2013 11:47 AM).]

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

1 posted 2013-07-01 08:03 AM

That's it, Jerry. Never give up. I guess none of us ever will although there are times when we're tempted.

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2013-07-01 08:10 AM

Good morning, Helen and thank you for reading and commenting on my effort this a.m., it is much appreciated.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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Fair to middlin' of nowhere

3 posted 2013-07-01 11:41 AM

Oh darn! I thought going crazy was one of the perks of growing old...that way the reality of the situation didn't bother you you so much. Guess I better come up with a new game plan. Ha!

Lori

Sunshine

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4 posted 2013-07-01 11:45 AM

I think I'll stave off "real crazy" until about 85. That way, I can take full advantage of it, and they won't be able to say "oh, she's always been that way."

JerryPat2
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5 posted 2013-07-01 11:50 AM

Hah! That is one way of looking at it, Lori. Just relax and go with the for. Thanks for stopping by.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

JerryPat2
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South Louisiana

6 posted 2013-07-01 11:51 AM

You have a point, Karilea. A good point at that. Appreciate seeing you here today.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

EmmaRose
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since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

7 posted 2013-07-01 02:40 PM

my father had alzheimers..such a sin, when the mind goes like that. I wish you years of
the same wit you display here every day with your poetry.

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

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South Louisiana

8 posted 2013-07-01 02:45 PM

Oh yea, Emma, Alzheimer's is a dreadful hateful disease. It is a fear of the older generation I find myself in.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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Fair to middlin' of nowhere

9 posted 2013-07-01 04:11 PM

EmmaRose, my mother has it too, so I figure it is just a matter of time for me (her mother and sister had too) I agree 100% with your response to JP! Lori

Gale
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since 2013-06-10

Posts 578
Russia

10 posted 2013-07-01 04:25 PM

I'm not afraid of losing my mind in my old age (I'm crazy enough right now

)
But I wouldn't like to lose my memory.

JerryPat2
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South Louisiana

11 posted 2013-07-01 04:29 PM

Lori, I know you worry about your mother and her condition from the poems you have written about her. I hope Emma's words come true for me also.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

JerryPat2
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South Louisiana

12 posted 2013-07-01 04:31 PM

Yeah, that's the problem, Gale, you do lose your memory when you develop Alzheimer's. That and you don't recognize people you have known all your life. Thank you, I appreciate your comments.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

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So. El Monte, California

13 posted 2013-07-02 03:04 AM

You are so right, Jerry. When the mind is all we have left (maybe) we have to make good use of it.
Ida

JerryPat2
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South Louisiana

14 posted 2013-07-02 08:19 AM

Thanks, Ida, for supporting my poetry here in the Blue Room.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

icebox
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in the shadows

15 posted 2013-07-02 11:48 AM

I've always been crazy; old and wrinkled has been just a gift of age.

Great poem!

MICHELMAS
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Lancashire England

16 posted 2013-07-02 11:54 AM

not easy to find someone sane enough to class someone else as crazy.
And wrinkles are the crazy paving on the path of life.

great poem

Michael

JerryPat2
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South Louisiana

17 posted 2013-07-02 11:55 AM

Hah! I resemble that remark Icebox . . . Thank you for being here.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

JerryPat2
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South Louisiana

18 posted 2013-07-02 11:56 AM

But they classify people crazy every day, Michael. Thanks for stopping by.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

ebonygirl
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since 2011-07-14

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19 posted 2013-07-02 12:16 PM

Ah! JP, you are right on!
I hope a cure is found to prevent Alzheimer's.
We all have so much life to live...
we MUST live it!
Ms. E

JerryPat2
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20 posted 2013-07-02 12:19 PM

Yes! I surely hope for the same, Ms. E. Appreciate your contribution to my poem.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

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21 posted 2013-07-02 02:17 PM

There is proof that constant mental activity, just like writing and reading and solving some logical problems, keeps the dark monster at distance ... one can only hope indeed that a cure will be found quickly, because there is nothing more sad than a beloved one that doesn't recognize you anymore ...

Who cares indeed about wrinkles, that's the least of the problems. That slowing down in all the things we do etc. etc. is hard to cope with.

What can I say, dear Jerry, I can relate to your perspicacious write.

ps I recently bought a t-shirt with the words "Don't give up!" ... and I mean it.

Margherita

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

22 posted 2013-07-02 02:26 PM

You put it all in the right perspective, Margherita. I knew you would. I like your new t-shirt. Yes . . . Thank you so much for brightening my day.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

JamesMichael
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Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

23 posted 2013-07-03 01:07 AM

Lets hope and pray we all age gracefully...James

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