Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

I Lived and Loved Fast

Eating a whole lemon meringue pie
I could be dead by morning
for I am old

Devouring him with my eyes
Showing him a true cougar
for my childish side is prominent

I never expected to live this long
I drove over a hundred miles an hour
more than once

I drank myself into a stupor a couple of times
and still got behind the wheel 
of three or four cars I totaled. Walking away, sneering.

They say when you do dangerous things
you have a death wish
Bungee jumping? Why the hell not?

Wrestling with a crocodile might be a stretch
I am five foot two
my arms are stubby and soft 

I lived and loved fast
Did all the things I wanted to do
I was supposed to  be dead by thirty.

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Gershon Wolf November 30, 2020 at 5:10 PM Well... I didn't think that you were a day over 29 yet! One year to go now. Make it a long one! lol. ~ gw Caren Krutsinger November 30, 2020 at 6:26 PM I think it will be a long one sadly.

Nancy Kaufman November 30, 2020 at 2:09 PM this is a funny one..make sure you don't use up the remaining lives Ms. Caren. Caren Krutsinger November 30, 2020 at 6:26 PM Ha! I will jump off ledges, daring God to get me.