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Run For Your Life

Have I got my glasses
And my hearing aid
My bottle of mineral water
No fizzy lemonade
I cannot find my handbag
Or my money purse
Putting on my shoes
Have made my bunions worse
I have a box of tissues
For my runny nose
Oh dear, what a nuisance
I have a ladder in my hose,
Removal of my stockings
Make's my poor backache
Things I used to do in minutes
Now an hour takes.
One sleeve of my jacket
Is inside out,
If I wasn't so hoarse
I might attempt to shout.
As I mumble and grumble
About the absurdities of life
My stomach starts to rumble
And I have to run for my life!

Copyright © Shirley Hawkins | Year Posted 2022

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Gershon Wolf Date: 9/9/2022 3:08:00 PM Shirley, you should have written the scripts for those old Anacin commercials! lol. ~ Old Aches and Pain Login to Reply Shirley Hawkins Date: 9/9/2022 4:55:00 PM I have stopped reading the side effects of all the pills and potions I take as it makes me feel ill!!

Bill Baker Date: 9/8/2022 3:48:00 PM This would be hilarious if it wasn't so true at times. Thanks for sharing reality with us Shirley. A poet friend in Texas, Bill Login to Reply Shirley Hawkins Date: 9/8/2022 11:56:00 PM Thank you, Bill, I said run for my life; That's hilarious in itself. Take care. Shirley

Rico Leffanta Date: 9/8/2022 11:22:00 AM They say walking leads to the natural relief of constipation, but Murphy's Law states that when you are as far as you can possibly be from a toilet, that is when you get the runs! Aloha! Login to Reply Shirley Hawkins Date: 9/9/2022 12:01:00 AM That's the truth, Rico. Use everyone you come to if you need it or not! And keep your fingers crossed. (and legs)

L Milton Hankins Date: 9/8/2022 9:28:00 AM Gosh, better to have to run than crawl, Shirley. If I had to run for my life, I'd be a dead duck. I can manage three decent rounds around the track and then my hips make the final two laps a total misery. "Mumbling and grumbling" is a perk of old age, in my opinion. Login to Reply Shirley Hawkins Date: 9/9/2022 12:08:00 AM Thank you, Milt. I wear a leg brace; I walk like Long John Silver!! Old age is certainly not for cowards. Keeping a sense of humour is essential, though.