Premature Maturation

The trouble with aging Is people believe it requires A “growing up” A period of maturation (did I spell that right). I’ve been around for Three quarters of a century With a foot in two millennia And I still think Pharts are Phunny. All my secrets are safe Because I only told them to the dog. I still make carrot and green bean fangs At the supper table. If I “grew up” I wouldn’t Climb trees to “get that apple, Papa” Get on the trampoline with a 2 year old Stop for Slushies with my Granddaughter on the way home from her gymnastics class. When asked “How are you doing?” I reply: “I’m sitting up, taking nourishment, Tying my own shoes and going out to play”.