Getting Old?
Everything hurts,
and what doesn't hurt doesn't work.
The gleam in your
eyes is from the sun
hitting your bifocals.
You feel like the
morning after but you haven't been
anywhere.
Your children
begin to look middle-aged.
You've finally reached
the top of the ladder, only to find that it's
leaning against the
wrong wall.
Your
mind makes contracts that your body can't keep.
You look forward to
a dull evening.
Your favorite part of the
newspaper is Twenty
Years Ago Today.
You turn out the
light for economic reasons.
You sit in the rocking
chair and you can't get it going.
Your knees
buckle, but your belt won't.
You
regret all those mistakes you made resisting temptation.
You're
17 around the neck, 42
around the waist,
and 96
around the golf course
Your
pacemaker makes the garage door open
when you see a pretty girl.
The little old gray-haired
lady you help across the
street is your
wife.
You sink your teeth
into a steak, and they stay there.
You have too
much room in the house and not
enough room
in the medicine cabinet.
You know all
the answers, but nobody asks you the questions.
Your
broad mind and your narrow waist have
exchanged
places.
You know your a grown-up
because you groan
every time you get up!
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