I'M All Ears
I’m All Ears
By Elton Camp
When we become adults, most growth will cease
There’re places that continue their size to increase
The lens of the eye, bigger and bigger will it get
In middle age there’s no longer any focusing of it
To read fine print, farther and father we hold it away
No use, we will be forced to wear glasses some day
The nose is another body part that continues to grow
When old enough, we say, “Oh, if only that wasn’t so.”
Another place that will gradually grow bigger, I fear
Is the flap of the ear, which will bring to us no cheer
While even normal sized ears look quite bad enough,
Having them become huge when we’re old is tough
And while it is sad, but true, the belly may grow too
But unlike the other three, if it happens is up to you
Copyright © Elton Camp | Year Posted 2011
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