[Rhodes22-list] Ode to growing old.

[Slim]

Love it, Rummy!  Thanks.
Slim

On 12/9/05 7:51 PM, "R22RumRunner at aol.com" <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:

> When I was young and my slippers were red,
> I could kick my feet over my head.
> Then I grew older and my slippers were blue,
> But still I could dance the whole night through.
> Now I am old and my slippers are black,
> I walk to the corner and puff my way back.
> The reason I know that my youth has been spent,
> My get up and go has got up and went.
> But I really don't mind, when I think with a grin,
> Of all the grand places my get-up has been.
> Since I have retired from Life's competition,
> I find every day an exact repetition.
> I get up each morn and dust off my wits,
> Grab for the paper and read the obits.
> If my name is missing, I know I'm not dead,
> So I eat a huge breakfast and go back to bed.
> 
> 
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