Making the Most of Old Age

Making the Most of Old Age By Elton Camp Get old enough and you needn’t work anymore For what you want, there’s more time than before Should I now sit on my porch in a chair and rock Maybe occasionally take a stroll around the block Spend the day at the senior center to eat and yack Any spark of creativity or unpopular opinion lack Now that I am financially more secure and retired And needn’t worry I’ll do something to get fired What I say, write or do is now entirely up to me It’s too tough if people don’t like what they see As if a kindly old man, don’t me try to disallow But say, “I sure wonder just what he’s up to now.”