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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA 
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I look at those movie stars— so young, vibrant, beautiful, then, on late night TV, so old, wrinkled and gray . . . Why isn’t it we grow up, say, to eighty, but still look like twenty? Why not shriveled up on the inside when we die, but young, vibrant and beautiful, on the outside? |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA |
Ah, I know we both have the answer, don’t we? But, just in case, what do you think?  art |
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Boshii2 Member
since 2009-02-01
Posts 146 |
My children say.."you have scarred me for life" But it is the scars of life they love to show and compare.They spend hours remembering when....How dull their lives would have been with no scars. The same with the wrinkles. I love mine. Except the fat ones... well maybe the love handles are ok. love Boshii2 |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Then we wouldn't have the deeply thought out reasons to teach others. Scientists can't figure out why we do grow old because our bodies are made to replenish the cells over and over. I think it's because I drank too much whiskey and dreamed I was smart. Then I found out the difference and just shook my grey head is silence. The drink just kept me from being me. Too late I had aged......(smile).. Good pondering piece. Eric |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
I'd hate to look the way I did when I was 20. The grey hair and near-wrinkles suggest that I am wise, mature, knowledgeable, at peace with the world, unstressed, and should be knitting in a rocking chair - ha ha! if only they knew! Owl |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Art, Do speak with your local funeral director. They are experts at this. I got a kick out of this. Bobby |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
gilead - I do know that I would have liked to know then what I know now. The things I could have done! BC |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA |
Ha ha! Glad you good people and friends enjoyed this---it was written in fun! art |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA |
I didn't make it clear if the questions or the poet were stupid, or both---ha ha, but I leave that to you to decide! Love ya--- art |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
Art each stage in life has something beautiful going for it and always remember that beauty is always in the eye of the beholder, and what one person thinks is beautiful another person may not. enjoyed your post. Lindsay |
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Krawdad Member Elite
since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597 |
How about young, vibrant and beautiful on the INSIDE when we die. I find that more appealing. Maybe you have to be of a certain age . . . |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
I'm with Eric whiskey really takes a toll great little write here! |
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Juju Member Elite
since 2003-12-29
Posts 3429In your dreams |
No amount of plastic surgery can fix problems located inside the head. -Juju |
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