On Turning Fifty Contest
ON TURNING FIFTY
As my cousin turned fifty there was talk of AARP.
Two years behind Danny, I ask the million dollar question:
“What is AARP?” – “Oh you’ll find out,” my uncle laughs.
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Fifty is the turning point -
No sense denying, we’ll all die one day.
For example, just letting fifty flip off your lips…
What the blankety blank?!
Well, look, I am old enough to swear…after all!
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My baby sister thinks old age a grand joke -
All us old farts…me fourteen years her senior.
But we all know, even baby sisters hit the jackpot:
I can hear her screaming, “Noooooo! That’s im-po-sibbbbble!”
If you heard a star wars reference, yes I’m that old!
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50 is a party hardy age:
We shake our groove thang
Grown men line up in full gear for the YMCA
My husband unbuttons his shirt
“My eyes…”
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Fellow fifty lifers fill your flagons with felicitous fright…I mean delight
Lift up those hefty flagons, if you still have the strength.
If you can still laugh your not dead yet. Fifty more to go to the finish line.
Fifty more is up to you:
Fifty drinks
Fifty breaths
Fifty sighs
Fifty laughs
Fifty years
Cheers!
4/10/2017
A free as can be free verse, who the heck cares…I’m fifty plus :)
Copyright © Kim Rodrigues | Year Posted 2017
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