The Fear of Growing Older

there are places and people in America that are scared to death of looking old and growing older where a new wrinkle or two when found is a terrible scary thing a birthday is not celebrated but filled with dread a man fears the hairs falling from his head laying on the pillow of his bed changing the color of gray to any other color to hide it away a look in the mirror becomes a tragedy if you appear older than twenty three when your real age is forty three in this place Beverly Hills, Hollywood and Newport Beach, California where the people appear to look like plastic unreal manikins with their skin pulled tight across their face thinking they are the most beautiful people of the human race hollow eyes with a pound of make-up looking back at you their bodies are nipped and tucked and all the fat is sucked jelly filled plastic bags become breasts and butts is this the future look of humanity I recommend you grow old with grace don’t worry so much about your face