You Think I'm Past My Prime?

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Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

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Hurricane Alley

0 posted 2002-09-20 10:45 PM

Just because your face is smooth
and your best bits remain uplifted
doesn’t mean I’m less than you
that I’m not just as gifted

I can kiss like a teenager
can pet with animal pride
I don’t need to borrow a car
when I want a quick joy ride

You laughed when I told you
inside I’m sixteen years old
you told me I was past it
I was mild sauce - not bold

You think I’m past my prime?
well let me tell you dear
it takes a little time to make
aged to perfection beer

Tim
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since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

1 posted 2002-09-21 12:40 PM

I don't mind a drink that's smooth,
...I guess that is all right,
But if I had to pick and choose,
...I'd pick a drink with bite.
Betwen fine wine and cold Coors beer,
...the picking would be easy,
Don't get me wrong in what I'm saying,
...I never would pick sleezy,
But sure as shootin', I wouldn't drink,
...some high falootin' gin,
I'd drink a drink that's aged with body,
...with just a hint of sin,
So put them fancy glasses down,
...I'll drink straight from the bottle,
An aged to perfection lager beer,
...really revs my throttle.

(Hope you don't mind, I apologize, couldn't help myself)

Poet deVine

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Hurricane Alley

2 posted 2002-09-21 02:43 AM

I love it Tim! And I never mind when someone replies with poetry!

bsquirrel

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since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

3 posted 2002-09-22 03:27 AM

Past it? You *are* prime.

brian madden
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since 2000-05-06

Posts 4374
ireland

4 posted 2002-09-22 08:41 AM

I think Mike said it best, SHaron remember with each year comes experience but also a greater depth and wisdom, but also the ability to dip back into the pleasures of past years. Does that make sense?

It is not about being what people call old, it is thinking old that is the problem.
There are 15 yr olds in the body of 30 yr olds and 30 yr olds in the body of 15 yr olds.

SO rememeber to do something childish and silly every day, and something sensible and kind.

This is why I give brief thumbs up replies, cos otherwise I just rant on, and on, on....
Loved the poem.

Too early for the rainbow, too early for the dove These are the final days, this is the darkness, this is the flood
L cohen

Cpat Hair

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since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

5 posted 2002-09-23 02:53 PM

Youthful lines
no longer were unwritten
but the volumes now contained
in each and every cell of time passed
were a library of the sensual
to be read by light with eyes
appreciating the depths
and in dark by finers
as the felt the braile lessons
to be learned

anonymousfemale
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 2797
Limbo

6 posted 2002-09-24 07:09 AM

Past your prime?? You?! Never!! Why, Sharon, you will always be in the prime of your life.

Loved the read. It's one of those pieces that needs to be put on every board in the world to remind people that they are never past their prime.

Thanks for the read.

~AF~

"No wonder I do not make people comfortable. I am a mirror. I have far too many things to say." - Mouthing the Words

Dee
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since 2000-08-19

Posts 2330
Queensland, Australia

7 posted 2002-09-25 08:34 PM

Alright Sharon!

Well said. I love it.

Dee

Stand straight and tall, not the reflection as others see you, but as you truely are. Clearwater

Professor Gloom
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since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

8 posted 2002-10-02 10:01 AM

I think of Wine when speaking of proper aging,
But that’s just me.

But past you prime?
I thought you were going to talk about
Slapping on a second coat of paint.
It doesn’t matter the paint,
It’s the walls that matter,
Are they still standing.

Liked your poem

Gloom

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