Jack Ellison Poet Limerick

Thought I'D Be Decrepit

When I was a young man many years ago
Thought if I ever reached eighty I'd be decrepit and slow
Now that I'm here
Nothing to fear
Everything's working fine 'cept for stuff down below

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Silent One November 28, 2017 at 3:17 PM Yes... still moving like a young man and writing like one also. Jack Ellison November 28, 2017 at 3:44 PM Mentally, I'm childlike!!! Age is just a number, in my case a bloody big number as us humans go!!!

Lim'Rik Flats November 28, 2017 at 8:47 AM Jack decided one day//Think I'll be decrepit, eh?//And maybe slow//things might not go//but I'll still love to roll in the hay. PERAMBULATE ON PARDNER!!! Jack Ellison November 28, 2017 at 11:52 AM PERAMBULATE??? only do that on Saturdays!!! IF I DIDN"T SAY IT EARLIER, UH... SORRY I'VE FORGOTTEN!!!