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Gettin' Old
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Gettin' Old |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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wanna know what gettin’ old is yer eyesight ain’t so good anymore people have to repeat over and over what they say cause ya hearing’s on the blink physical restructuring . . . don’t wanna even get into still . . . guess I’ll have to continue on muscle tone begins to fade arms and legs stiffen joints ache constipation, diarrhea oh my, my, my My Oh My Club, New Orleans, early sixties youthful dreams are a distant memory sleep is something other people do you think you might rightly think you have ripened into the last of your years a decline over time but no! it happened over night wrinkles appeared from yesterday upon waking today your mighty stride reduced to a more timid way of walking be careful you don’t fall break that hip everybody talks about you spend tediously drawn out days and multifaceted memories festers the dull remembrance of change we become, after all an apparition of ourselves dead . . . man . . . walking in our ears the faintest sound of approbation that you’ve lived long enough to die toward the end there is one looming thought about it all never mind all the physical pain and loss but the real tragedy is . . . alas and drat you’re no longer hip ©February 24, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton ~*~ There was a sign on the lawn at a drug re-hab center that said 'Keep off the Grass'. ~*~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Hey man, you're hip...just not with the younger generation... as it should be. They go to alot of trouble to make it so we aren't hip. It is their calling to be different, just as it was with all of us in our day. Lori  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
When you're right, Lori, you're right. ~*~ There was a sign on the lawn at a drug re-hab center that said 'Keep off the Grass'. ~*~ |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
yep ... that about covers it ! especially great ending line ! |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thank you for stopping by, Bruce. ~*~ There was a sign on the lawn at a drug re-hab center that said 'Keep off the Grass'. ~*~ |
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Jack Napes Member
since 2014-02-22
Posts 290Phaedra's Womb |
You know Jerry, I heard that Chubby's not doing the 'Twist' any longer but has morphed it into something called "The Titanium Swing". Now that's hip! Touch, but don't look |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Whatever. I'm not there with him. Thanks. ~*~ There was a sign on the lawn at a drug re-hab center that said 'Keep off the Grass'. ~*~ |
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EmmaRose Senior Member
since 2011-03-02
Posts 1376Midwest |
Hip Hip Hooray you do just fine Sir you have a flair to express honestly what's on your mind heart and soul youth is hip to youth we oldies are golden and many ofus that won't buy into the thought that you have to 'act your age' stay hip |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Awww . . . Emma, I so like this . . . quote: . . . it made my day. That is fantastic, thank you. ~*~ There was a sign on the lawn at a drug re-hab center that said 'Keep off the Grass'. ~*~ |
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