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Getting Old Sucks
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Getting Old Sucks |
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Julie Senior Member
since 1999-08-20
Posts 739Houston, TX |
Senility plays... "maybe today I'll let your memory stay. Let's make a deal, When was your last meal? Was it chicken or veal?" Too pooped to lift a hand chaos-like a practicing band a thought waiting to make a stand, in my vegetated state wondering why is this my fate, nothing flows, I can't even hate. Severe trouble, I mumble; does anyone know I fumble; My children say, I just have the grumbles. Dentures in the cracked glass, shuffling to get my cup of sassafras; oops...excuse me, I passed a lil gas. my trifocals I left on the table, careful not to trip on the cable, ohhh, finally I sit...now I'm stable. hair growing in places where once there were empty spaces, wrinkles like a map of highway traces. A nose that's grown twice its size, at least my ears are there to compromise; forever young?...who tells all those lies? A bad joke heredity's fate; why did I have to be its bait? Just this once, couldn't it be late. With a gullible groan and a hobo's moan... "Whose gene was it that was out on loan?" [This message has been edited by Julie (edited 10-08-1999).] |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Oh, my goodness, this is great, Julie! And hillarious too!  ------------------ Denise |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Amen, ditto, Amen, ditto. Am I repeating myself? Oh dear. |
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LngJhnAg Member Elite
since 1999-07-23
Posts 3508Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion |
Julie - Amen, Lady. Yanno, getting old ain't for sissies. |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
Julie: Just think when we're old(er) we'll be able to take our dentures out and suck on life without them ..LOL.. now I bet that thought cheered you up. HUGS ------------------ You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
Fabulous! Love it! Bravo! |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
terrific .....loved this Julie....... ------------------ May your days be filled with lots of sunshine and your nights lit up by golden moonbeams |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Julie, It took a little work I'll bet. I enjoyed the read. |
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freespiritfem Junior Member
since 1999-10-07
Posts 49Cordova,Alabama,USA |
Julie...This was EXCELLENT...Amen...Bravo!!!! Huggs!!! ------------------ Paula Diane S. |
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Julie Senior Member
since 1999-08-20
Posts 739Houston, TX |
Denise, Sunshine, LJA, RG, doreen, Pepper, Seymour, freespirit: Didn't know there was so many of us old farts around..Hee!hee! Thank you all for your comments. ------------------ Julie ------------------------- Thou who has given so much to me, give one thing more: a grateful heart. >George Herbert |
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Andrew Scott Member Elite
since 1999-06-24
Posts 2558Redlands,CA,USA |
Funny, but true. Great read and a great write. Thanks for sharing |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
This was great! I realy enjoyed reading it. I thought I was the only one wearing purple around here. |
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Pufalove Member
since 1999-08-18
Posts 119Houston, Tx. USA |
Julie, this was great. I laughed my butt off and still am. ( have to do that or I'd be crying) Ah, but with age comes wisdom, and with a little war paint, who would know the difference? Isn't that what it's for. Who would want one of those young INexperienced bimbos anyway? Loved it! ------------------ O all ye powers that he implanted, Arise, keep silence no more; put forth the strength that he hath granted, your noblest work is to adore. |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Julie...laughing here, but I for one refuse to grow old..or is that grow up ------------------ Man can not discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. |
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Julie Senior Member
since 1999-08-20
Posts 739Houston, TX |
Andrew and Martie: So glad I could bring a giggle to your day. Some things we just can't change like growing old and the changes our bodies go through...so why not laugh at them rather than cry. ---- Yes, Puf I would rather have the wisdom...and thank goodness for make-up. ----- As for you hoot....don't ever grow up. One thing I have learned from writing poetry...I can be as young as I want, as silly, as serious or as old...today I chose to be a child. --------------- All of your comments has brought a smile to my face...it somehow made me think of the serinity prayer but I changed a couple of words... "God grant me the ability to laugh at the things I cannot change and the wisdom to know the difference....Amen. ------------------ Julie ------------------------- Thou who has given so much to me, give one thing more: a grateful heart. >George Herbert |
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