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The New Cool

Next month I'll be fifty What rhymes with fifty? Sixty Ten years to make fifty the new thirty Get down and dirty Like Stallone and Willis Maybe buy a few guns "Yeah we bad." "How we gonna hit em Sly?" "I don't wanna DIE HARD!" "No John Wayne Gacy for me." Try to breeth like Jack Nickelson I can feel it allready An unimaginable ammount Of cool being showered Down on me All I have to do is Keep my mouth shut

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Sara Kendrick

Date: 5/5/2013 6:34:00 AM

Yes, keeping my mouth shut would be the only way I would be cool..Great one John..I do remember JW..They say if you live to be fifty that you most likely will live to be sixty..What are your goals for the next ten years?..I made it to sixty and guess what I am almost to seventy..Thanks for stopping by..Your comments are appreciated..Sara

Debbie Duncan

Date: 4/20/2013 6:24:00 PM

Like the way you did this john, I'm 57 , I thought at 16, when you hit 30 time to die, cuz that was "way" too old. Hey thanks 4 reading concrete angels, was watching shiners children hospital, thinking how rude/ degrading for them. I also think they come down to make us show empathy;}

Delysia Hendricks

Date: 4/15/2013 5:40:00 PM

hahaha. 50 is not so bad once you're there. I'm trying my utmost to push back 60 but it's coming for me - fast. Nice write, John. :)

Painted Hunter

Date: 4/9/2013 6:34:00 AM

Haha...good luck with that! Enjoyed this..

Elizabeth Wesley

Date: 4/1/2013 5:43:00 AM

Well, being fifty is also nifty. It's a sign we've been through the storm and picked up a bit of wisdom along the way. Really a neat one John,, it also reminds me of how much I don't know! Luv, Lizzie

Phyllis Babcock

Date: 3/31/2013 11:29:00 AM

Happy Easter John. May your day be wonderful. Yes, the years seem to drift by quickly. I want to stop counting them. lol love phyl

K K Iloduba Jnr

Date: 3/27/2013 8:44:00 AM

Musical.smooth and gracious.

Donna Jones

Date: 3/8/2013 9:54:00 PM

Well at 53 I relate...it goes twice as fast. After fifty!!! Cute poem