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Ah, Those Golden Years

How fitting is the title

                of that time of life named Golden.

To surgeries or drugs 

                those years are often most beholden.


April 23, 2022
for Margarita Lillico's Killing With An Epigram Poetry Contest

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Joe Maverick

Date: 4/30/2022 8:35:00 AM

Yes Andrea... Getting us in our most vulnerable Or more vulnerable.?? times I guess, In your Case I wouldn't have anything to do with Doctors who you have not thoroughly checked Out.. My thoughts are with you.' Hope this entry climbs high.'

Harry Horsman

Date: 4/30/2022 12:04:00 AM

Yes they certainly took the curtain away, and all hell let loose, common sense and simplicity destroyed, because those were the tools, to a way of living. Great poem Andrea, love the ironic slant. Harry

Timothy Ray

Date: 4/25/2022 4:34:00 PM

i often ask standing in line at the pharmacy....anyone remembers in elementary school them telling us this would be the future in those Golden years, and silence wanders over faces wrinkled and billowing grayhair....and nary an answer appears in the Golden silence...loved it Andrea

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 4/25/2022 12:38:00 AM

Boy isn’t that the truth! The golden years seem to be brass that turns dark as it tarnishes. Excellent epigram Andrea. xxoo

Sotto Poet

Date: 4/24/2022 11:52:00 AM

Andrea, they were unquestionably the finest years of life, but they have been tainted by the passage of time.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/24/2022 3:49:00 PM

Mine tainted by a doctor I trusted in

Bill Baker

Date: 4/24/2022 10:53:00 AM

You have a flare with catchy phrases. Good luck in the contest Andre! Got me thinking about this short one. :-) Hugs, Bill

Tom Cunningham

Date: 4/24/2022 12:21:00 AM

They were certainly golden years Andrea, sadly they've become tarnished over time. Tom

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 4/23/2022 10:34:00 PM

I recall a series called the Golden Girls. Saw many episodes but somehow I prefer detective and adventure. I see so many of them like The Mentalist and some ghost stories. Just a question f taste. Hugs.