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Seymour Tabin
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0 posted 2005-07-19 07:37 AM


Old

Old paint, old wine and antiquate
As slowly I do dissipate
The swiftness of this daily pace
And eat my meals with twice of grace

With muscles that have lost there spring
And muffled are the bells that ring
Where sharp of eye has lost its sigh
And sleep and dream is now the dye

I watch this river swift in flow
Carrying new flotsams throw
And scratch my head in wonderment
At glass and heights of new cement

And trails of smoke that pierce the sky
That goes beyond my searching eye
Up, up into the void of space
To look I think for heavens lace

Perhaps we’ll find an Eden there
But deep inside I do dispare


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LeeJ
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1 posted 2005-07-19 08:36 AM


yeah, kiddo, know what your saying here, full well...but....

I"M GOING DOWN FIGHTING...THEY'RE NOT GETTIN ME....HEHEHHEHHEE

Hugs to you, and polizzze, your not old, ever. wiser and more refined, more understanding, and quit the looker to boot (wink) so get out there today, and knock em dead tiger!!!!

MARK V SHELDON
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2 posted 2005-07-19 09:13 AM


Sy:  ...but your work is timeless.  A good morning to you, Sir.

-MVS

You CAN make a difference, but first you should learn how: http://educate-yourself.org/intro.shtml

Janet Marie
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3 posted 2005-07-19 11:01 AM


I keep telling ya me sweet Sy-guy....
NOT OLD ... like a fine wine...
sweeter with time.


And sleep and dream is now the dye

yer so cool

*ww*



Earth Angel
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4 posted 2005-07-19 11:03 AM


My dear Sonneteer, you are not old! You are a fine-aged cheese and vintage wine!

Love you oodles of strudels!
EA
Flowers

miscellanea
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5 posted 2005-07-19 11:17 AM


Yep, somedays I feel older than Santa's whiskers, but others, I'm too stubborn to admit it.  I remember, but don't always practice the wisdom my 84 year old piano teacher imparted when she scolded me.
"How are you today?"
"Oh, it's been a draining day; I'm soooo tired," I said.  
  Then she told me that it was a practice of her husband and self never to say they were tired.  She attributed the self-fulfilling prophesy to their exceptionally good health over the years.  Last time I heard, she was in her 90's and swimming ten laps a day.  I had forgotten all about this until now.  Thanks for your sensitive writing.  Maybe I don't feel quite as old as Santa's whiskers afterall!

   sincerely,
         miscellanea  

Tiersdin
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6 posted 2005-07-19 11:47 AM


Trust me, Seymour, despair knows no age.  What is comforting is the knowledge that others care for us when we do feel bad.
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*hugs*
~tier

passing shadows
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7 posted 2005-07-19 03:24 PM


I can relate...
but sometimes older means better

Sunshine
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8 posted 2005-07-19 03:46 PM


And trails of smoke that pierce the sky
That goes beyond my searching eye
Up, up into the void of space
To look I think for heavens lace

Perhaps we’ll find an Eden there
But deep inside I do dispare

~*~

A silent [not so silent] tribute to life,
Sy, in these last few lines...
and as for "old"...remind me when I get home
to read this to my mother-in-love - at 96.5,
I think she has a few months on you, and
will in kind, feel the grace of this lace...


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