Listen Up !
So you just became a senior
Well honey, good for you
Let the Steel Magnolia’s tell you
What lies in store for you
Some morning soon you’ll wakeup
To find out you can't see
But you didn’t drink a thing last night
So how can this crap be
So you lay and think about it
Till it’s time to just get up
But those old knees keep you sitting
Like some disobedient pup
You groan, you creak, you’re horrified
You swear your back is broke
Frightened, you turn prayerful
God ! Let this be a joke.
Still, at last you reach the bathroom
Just when you think you’ll pop
There , you sit on that old toilet
But you can’t go! Not a drop!
So you think it’s time to shower
So you strip off your nightclothes
Get a glance at what’s been going on
Right there beneath your nose
Yes you glanced in that old mirror
The things you suddenly find
Are horrible ! They’re awful
Makes you want to lose your mind
How did you get that mustache
Where’s that smile you used to wear
How can it be you wonder
That it turned into a sneer?
When did you lose that waistline
When did your breasts go south
Wherever are those front teeth
Strangely missing from your mouth?
Your hair is grey and stringy
Your belly’s big and round
Your butt’s flat like a pancake
So how can you sit down ?
Look ! See! there’s wrinkles everywhere
Just like a Chinese dog
Dry skin is looking rough today
Like a bumps on an old log
Your gut just seems to rumble
Hair peaks out of your nose
But, the wrinkles, lord, the wrinkles
How do you deal with those ?
Ah ! Yes! Welcome to Senior City
Where you thought you’d go to play
I’m sorry if that isn’t quite
The way you feel today
Yep! Your Get Up and Go is busted
Gotta tell you that’s alright
Just be thankful for the things you got
Cause it could all end tonight.
Reprinted
By jollynoblefrog
© 2008 jollynoblefrog
(All rights reserved)
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