The Long Holiday

Not us, but the mood is identical!

BIG TENT POETRY

http://bigtentpoetry.org/2011/02/come-one-come-all-february-25/

 

THE LONG HOLIDAY

I'm well-aware Old Age can be

A time of great adversity,

And I don't want to make a joke

Out of the pain of other folk.

However, I am here to say

Retirement can be a holiday

For those of us who've had the luck

To age, yet not become unstuck.

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Creaks? We've got them everywhere;

Also thinning or greying hair;

Replacement hips? Replacement knees?

Of course! For items such as these

Are part of the general wear and tear.

Perfect specimens are rare.

Comparing 'symptoms' is quite fun......

'Have you got one?' ......'Yes, I've got one.'

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Now, if you're under thirty-five,

You'll think 'Why bother to survive

In such a state of sad decay?

These dogs have certainly had their day.

I'd simply take a little pill

If I were heading-off downhill!

Youth is passion, youth is vigour!

I'd hate my stomach to get bigger!'

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Now, chickadees, turn your tiny brains

To all the many obvious gains!

I've been retired for twenty years

And every year I've raised three cheers!

Imagine a life in which you're free

To turn each day into a spree!

Wake when you like, and keep pursuing

All the things you most like doing!

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When your turn comes I know you'll say

'Life's an unending holiday!'

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ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE!

A placid scene of sea and sky.
But surely a giant shark floats by!
Surely I see a monstrous fin!
Against such a creature we cannot win!
In such terrible situations
Concentrate on the cloud formations!
It almost becomes your bounden duty
To fill your mind with surrounding beauty!
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