Jack Ellison Poet Quatrain

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One of the Lucky Ones

Hope I'm not putting a big hex on myself
But till now I've had no serious medical problems
Don't know how many can say that at seventy-eight
But you can place me in the “fortunate” column

Haven't done anything out of the ordinary
Thinking maybe I inherited some very good genes
My whole family before me all lived to a ripe old age
So what's this guy... a can of baked beans!

Seven sisters all lived longer than eighty
A pattern seems to have been established here
Don't want to break the spell or cause any problems
I'll just motor along and have another beer

Don't think I'd like to be around at one hundred
Soiling my jockey and mumbling away
Just wheel me out to the back veranda in the sun
And forget me for a couple of days

© Jack Ellison 2014

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Gwen Benita Mason Gibbs March 23, 2014 at 9:37 AM You sure your not thirty something Jack, my hero, I wanna be like you when I grow up. : ) Jack Ellison March 23, 2014 at 5:40 PM I'm a hero!!! YEEHAW!!! Sometimes wish I was young again but I'm a happy old geezer! Had a fantastic life! XOXOX

Aiyah Torres March 18, 2014 at 1:14 PM wow! ..congratulations, Jack!!! ..to reach the ripe old age is more than winning a billions... HEALTH is WEALTH they said... and for your legacy.. that'll sure won't be forgotten... :')) my honor to meet you here in PS.. ^__^ loves, AiyaH :))) Jack Ellison March 18, 2014 at 7:28 PM What an absolute sweetie you are!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And your avatar is adorable... you have no idea what your kind words mean to me! You're adorable!!! Big big hugs and tons of love! Jack XOXOXOX

Paul Callus March 18, 2014 at 11:57 AM Forgetting Jack is not that easy! May you live to a ripe old age...and I'll drink to that :) // paul Jack Ellison March 18, 2014 at 7:25 PM Well thanks a whole big bunch my good friend, Paul! I'm drinking to it too! Cheers!

Carol Eastman March 18, 2014 at 10:40 AM In my family you live to (87 to 107) or else (40's to the 50's). With 5 surgery's and 2 pace makers. I'm lucky to be living now, and not an earlier time! Dragon agrees, He wants me to spread the news that: ' Dragon's here!". Hah! He thinks I'm senile! Silly Dragon! You might say that hard headed acorn doesn't fall far from the tree, or into it! And at only 2 years old. Don't worry. I'll hold on. Can you imagine the mischief Dragon'd get into without ME! Trust me, you're lucky I'm here... LOL Jack Ellison March 18, 2014 at 7:23 PM Longevity is all fine and good as long as I have the genes on my mother side... my daddy died young! Wow! 107... I have an aunt who's 104! XOXOXOX