Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

The Fix Is In

I'll race you to the corner
   Watch me do a wheelie
Want some ABC gum*
   Mary is a fraidy-cat...

As we age, inevitably badly
   and enter our final phases
The cruel lash of time
   contorts these treasured phrases

I'll race you to the coroner
   Watch me in my wheelchair
Want some more oxycontin
   Mary is a vegetable...

Hate to be so grim
   but when the fix is in
All we've left is words to say
   'til dementia takes those away



*ABC = already been chewed

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Michelle Faulkner October 5, 2019 at 5:37 PM My birthday is next month, and I am starting to feel 'the cruel lash of time' - great juxtaposition from the first to the last lines! Gershon Wolf October 5, 2019 at 10:38 PM Now, now, birthday girl: You are still fresh as a daisy, I'm sure. 29 again this year?! Smiles, Gershon

Tom Cunningham September 24, 2019 at 8:50 PM True but frighteniing stuff, ABC gum lol, reminds me of the hazlenuts that have the chocolate sucked off. Tom Tom Cunningham September 25, 2019 at 12:12 PM Haha, felt many a draft. Gershon Wolf September 24, 2019 at 9:02 PM Ha, ha... I should have included XYZ somewhere. (Examine your zipper). Thanks, Gershon