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Poem of the Week

GET-UP-AND-GO
By Anon

Many a time has the poet sung
That youth is wasted on the young.
How did I know that my youth was spent?
Well, my ‘get-up-and-go’ got up and went.
But I really don’t mind when I think with a grin,
Of the places my ‘get-up-and-go’ has bin

Old age is golden I’ve heard it said,
But sometimes I wonder as I go to bed,
With my ears in the drawer, my teeth in a cup,
And my eyes on the table until I wake up.
As sleep overtakes me, I ask myself,
‘Is there anything else I can leave on the shelf?’

I have arthritis in both my knees,
When I walk or talk, I puff and wheeze.
Still, I get up each morning, dust off my wits,
Pick up the paper and read the Obits,
If my name’s not there I know I’m not dead,
So I have a good breakfast & go back to bed.

 

A beaut piece of verse by that great old author A Nonymous.

I visit a nursing home every week these days, partly to see my dad and partly to get myself used to the idea! As long as you can laugh at yourself you’re doing OK I reckon!

Jim Haynes

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