Old charm dies hard

(Seeing an old man walking out of a marriage registrar’s office with a young girl, two women talking…) Retaining charm till old is art More than the matter ‘tis of heart, Look, unstirred, undeterred, Caught he has a young bird— The daughter of his old sweetheart, Now hurt as if by Cupid’s dart! And old habit as well (An old man, a retired teacher, and his two sons invoke spirit to write on Ouija board, which makes a spelling mistake, and the old teacher would not allow it to go farther, quoting, a mnemonic device to remember spellings of words with ei or ie. ) Invoked, the ghost when came to be, The planchette moved on its will free, The old man still shouted: Ye must recall, blockhead, This: I ere E, save after C, Look, there’s no C in grieve, it’s G. ________________________________ Tongue-in-cheek |07.07.2023| humour/rhyme