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I Have Never Liked Old People

They ask me for no advice.
I have out aged them by fifty years.
I am not insulted
Remembering my own aversion to old people


It is not their fault I was assigned to their school.
They pretend to like me.
I am doubtful.
I used to despise old people
And now I am one.

I have never liked anything about old people.
I mean – ANYTHING.
They remind me of nursing homes and funeral homes.
Neither seem pleasurable.

I don’t even see my friends any more
They are too “old” for me
I keep getting younger and they
well…
they are just
old

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L Milton Hankins

Date: 11/24/2021 3:58:00 PM

Hmmm...would you like an eighty-year-old thirty-something? I am astounded by the number of "old" people I know who are considerably younger than me.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 11/26/2021 2:32:00 PM

I swear age means nothing and yet when I was young I thought it was a "big deal".

Gershon Wolf

Date: 11/21/2021 7:30:00 PM

I find this is happening to me as well. At the last high school reunion, almost all the guys were bald or had white hair -- except me. And their lives were so dull. Not mine... I get to read poetry by CK!! Thanks, friend. :) gw

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 11/21/2021 11:39:00 PM

Hahahaha Thanks Gershon. This made me laugh.