The Golden Years
By Susan
@HazySue (39265)
Gouverneur, New York
March 21, 2016 1:07pm CST
My vision is blurry, I can't see a thing.
My ears are infused with a permanent ring.
My nose is just useless, sitting there on my face
I can't smell a thing not even the Plaice
My jaw is a'cracking with each little bite,
Oh me oh my I must look a fright.
My neck is so stiff I barely can move,
My back is a mess, it feels as though it is fused
My hips are ajar, they make me fall down
I can't take a step or I'll hit the ground
My hair is a permanent mess
It's all in a huddle like a little birds nest.
My boobs they are going permanently south
My lips look like I am always down in the mouth
My eyebrown are losing each little hair
My lashes look like they never were there
My toes look like sausage, my ankle are huge
They look just like Sasquatch's you see in the news.
I may sound like I'm complaining but truly I'm not
I'm just stating facts of what happens, that's what.
As you start getting older thing move quite a bit
And grow to be giantic in spots before you know it
It may be the Golden Years but I'm telling you what
I'd rather go through them, the alternative is not so hot.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
23 Mar 16
Great poem there but honestly I would rather look at the better side of life and that is how I am surviving (lol)
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
23 Mar 16
@allknowing I survive by poking fun at myself. I am a very positive thinker that knows positive thoughts can work miracles. I just like to break out and laugh about it every now and then.
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
21 Mar 16
Reminds me of Matthias, from the house-search scene in Monty Python's "The life of Brian":
MATTHIAS: Me? No. I'm just a poor old man. I have no time for law- breakers. My legs are grey. My ears are gnarled. My eyes are old and bent.
By the way, what's missing at the end of the line "I can't smell a thing not even the ..."?
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
30 May 16
I loved it! I agree I will put up with all that stuff just to be breathing...
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
30 May 16
@PainsOnSlate You would be surprised at what I am willing to put up with to keep breathing. I kind of like to breath.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
21 Mar 16
outstanding and yup just the fact lol. Sad but true.
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@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
21 Mar 16
@fishtiger58 If we don't laugh at our selves we might just cry.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
21 Mar 16
@HazySue How true is that lol.
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@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Mar 16
I don't like to read about it in black and white. Ugh! It was a great poem however.
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This is very well written, I like it a lot.










