Getting On In the 80’s

Getting On In the 80’s

Before you reach your 80th birthday,

You would have lost your teeth and your hair,

And further south, your pecker won’t even response to any fantasy

 From “Fifty Shades of Grey”!

You begin to lose your marbles when millions of faithless neurons desert you.

You search for your spectacles when they are on your forehead.

You forget to flush after.

You can’t remember where you put the house key.

You forget to switch off the porch light.

You forget to feed the cat because it did not bark at you.

The worse is when you call your dear old wife of 75 years, “Darling”,

Because you suddenly cannot remember her first name.

All the lovely young girls you meet call you, “Grand Uncle”.

Then you know that you have arrived at the ripe old age of 80.

And if it helps you to walk with a walking stick, that completes the picture.

You have joined the ranks of the wise, take what comes, keep your thoughts,

Much to yourself, if you can still think,

And just smile no matter what happens around you.

Maintain your well earned 80 year old aura until

The Almighty decides to call on you to help Him with others who had gone before you.

-         Khoo Soo Hay

-       17.11.2012