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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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 old age never believed I’d live long enough to talk about it but I did most people mistakenly believe old people have lost everything not true here I am and I say hogwash (old people can get away with saying things like hogwash) and drat (that too) I maintain old folks gain things not lose them take me for example after all I am the one writing this poem I haven’t lost much of anything that hasn’t been replaced tenfold case in point I like to write poetry used to have to sneak hours in the day to write now that I am old I have all the time in the world ‘nother case in point trying to make sense of why we’re on this earth it is getting closer and closer til when I ain’t that being the case I quit trying to understand it all just waiting for the day all will be revealed or it won’t old age I have such complete peace of mind old age I have gained more than I’ve lost uh, well, except that little thing called short term memory ©March 28, 2014 / Jerry Pat Bolton ~*~ Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? ~*~ |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
I certainly relate to this poem, Jerry. Ida |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I am glad that you do, Ida. Life in the old game isn't quite what I expected many years ago. Oh, I know this peace and serenity won't last forever, there will be trauma I guess, but then I don't know, do I? Whatever comes, let 'er rip. ~*~ Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? ~*~ |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
As nice a post about old age as I have seen. Life is good and it is up to us to enjoy the extra years with a smile on our faces. best to you, Jo |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thank you so much, Jo, for your nice words concerning my poem. You are right, we should live out our remaining years smiling. ~*~ Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? ~*~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Well now, seems you've gone and muddied my vision of my golden years. I thought I'd be standing in my lawn, shaking a stick at children, yelling "Stay outta my yard!" So much for getting to be the mean old lady that lives across the street.The only thing I got back 10 fold was the 5 lbs I lost back in my twenties. I hope I can come to a place of acceptance that you have about aging and have expressed so beautifully. Lori  |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Lori, we are only what we allow to be in our minds.Smiling and hope is all we have. Jo |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Oh, I can see you, stick in hand, screaming like a banshee at the lil chil'rn, Lori. Oh yes, I have that firmly embedded in my thoughts. ~*~ Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? ~*~ |
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EmmaRose Senior Member
since 2011-03-02
Posts 1376Midwest |
Id like to think I am light years from old age, like I have some control over it, and would like to think I do You poem makes me ponder, I would as you like to go out kicking and fighting it all, I don't want to accept that its over, but if im senile I wont care...so HEY that's the ticket............get senile and Ill think im on COney Island with my mom and dad waiting for my ice cream cone |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Heh.Heh That's not a bad way of thinking about things, Emma. I loved Coney Island when I lived up there. ~*~ Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? ~*~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Hey Jo, You make a good point, smiling and hope is all any of us has at any age. And not to worry I was being facetious. Lori |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
wonderful thoughts about old age...James |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
thanks. ~*~ Less depends on the size of the dog in a fight than the size of the fight in the dog. ~*~ |
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Redstart Senior Member
since 2014-05-16
Posts 535 |
So enjoyed sharing your thoughts. The secret of growing old is to never think of yourself as old. I lost my mother, last year, at the age of 92. She used to say: 'I'm just a 21 year old, with 71 years experience.' Thank you. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
That's one way of looking at it, Redstart. Appreciate you stopping by and commenting. ~*~ Less depends on the size of the dog in a fight than the size of the fight in the dog. ~*~ |
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wordancer Senior Member
since 2000-07-30
Posts 809VA |
yep, that short term memory thingy. LOL, I find I have a heighten sense of time flashing by and by ... Slow down I'm not finished with my merry-go-round yet! |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I hear you, worddancer, loud and clear. ~*~ Less depends on the size of the dog in a fight than the size of the fight in the dog. ~*~ |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Memory? You still have that? Not sure I know what part of the body that is anymore . . . but I'm pretty sure I no longer have it.... enjoyed j. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Hah! I have what I like to call my semi-memory, J. Good to see you. ~*~ Less depends on the size of the dog in a fight than the size of the fight in the dog. ~*~ |
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luminosity Senior Member
since 2005-11-18
Posts 813 |
lolol, well maybe I have something to look forward to...time to write...sigh...I don't even have time to think twice loved this! |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Heh.Heh Thank you very much for your funny comment, it cause a broad smile on my face. I know how hectic it can get, even to folks like me who haven't all that many obligations. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
Working as a geriatric nurse I see "old age" on a daily basis...things are only lost if you let them be. Ive learned more from by residents with their "broken" minds than I ever learned in school. Lovely to be reminded that age isn't the barrier |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thank you Paula. Your comment did me a world of good. Thank you again. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Lol... things do get better with age, especially one's perspective one virtually everything. You captured this well. Michael |
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