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Old Age and I
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Old Age and I |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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I’m an old man I’ve been used and affected by time and extravagance when I walk Zoe I walk slow along the streets of Thibodaux ahhh . . . but when I go inside The Hovel the shuffle of my old age turns to my poetry and finds youth still inside my heart ©August 7, 2016 / Jerry Pat Bolton ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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Ari Squire Member Posts 488 In The Phallus Lane |
Not a single wasted word Jerry. This speaks for a good many here and everywhere. Your mind is always willing, even as your flesh is weakened. Youth IS wasted on the young. Keep your fire stoked pal, you've work to do yet before you rest. Loving Linny Jean is poetry. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Aye, old George Bernard Shaw was right in his thinking, about youth wasted. Thanks, Ari Shaw, for stopping by . . . ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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DaysofView Member
since 2014-04-01
Posts 433Just A Slice Of The Pie |
Gramps used to say your old as you feel or young as you feel no matter how your feeling Jerrypat! I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather...not like the passengers screaming in the back of his car. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I am a firm believer in things "Gramps used to say," DV, and I absolutely concur with what was said here. Thank you. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
I can relate Jerry. Ida |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thanks Ida, yeah, I know I am not alone in this. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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RedStoneEB Senior Member
since 2003-06-08
Posts 772uk |
we are only as old as we train ourselves to be RS |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yeah, you're right, RS. Also we are as old as others throughout our lives train us to be. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Well said! Good to hear you say that. ~L |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thank you, Lori. Yes, poetry is my life these days. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
very inspiring yann |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thanks Yann. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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Redstart Senior Member
since 2014-05-16
Posts 535 |
I don't know you but, trust me, I know how much writing means to you. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I think you do, Redstart, and thanks for picking up on that part of me. ~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~ |
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