Monday, April 30, 2018

We Ain’t Going Quiet-Like


Getting old is not for sissies
   If you’re weak they bundle you off
Somewhere you can be taken care of
   Somewhere they can drop you off.
Be careful in your golden years,
   You might want to move far away.
Where the kids can’t watch you deteriorate,
   And maybe send the grandkids to stay.
I blame my Irish ancestors
   That land of youth from their stories
Has given us committees now to determine
   If we’re still in “worth treating” categories.
The Golden Years it seems have gone brass
   Not in favor with those who advertise
So they cancel our favorite TV shows,
   We’re the wrong demographic I surmise.
But the youth of the rising generation
   Have underestimated this generation of geezers.
I don’t think we will go very quietly,
   Though we may be a bunch of old wheezers.

© 2018 by Tom King

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