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When I Am 80 Years Old

I do not have any inkling for a topic of a poem to write on, When I am 80 years old, it will be a nice poem to say that I am old, With the lost muse, everything will be come on. When I am slow at doing my chores, I tell my kids, I am getting old, They say, You are not getting old, you are already old, When I am 80 years old, it will be a nice poem to say that I am old. I take my grand kids for a walk around the park, feelin not that old, They run, they laugh, they play, they wonder why I walk so slow, They say, You are not getting old, you are already old. At bed time, grandkids want me to read a story from the book, little slow, I start to nap in the middle with a dream, They run, they laugh, they play, they wonder why I walk so slow. With my feet dangling in the grave, I thought I will be spiritual as per my dream, After reading for a while the good book, my mind goes under a spell, I start to nap in the middle with a dream. When I walk outdoors, I watch the calm bay under the volcanic hills, sleeping on, I do not have any inkling for a topic of a poem to write on, When the volcano erupts, all my feelings, together with lava, will submerge in quiet bay right on, With the lost muse, everything will be come on.

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Date: 7/21/2023 10:42:00 PM
Aging is a strange process, at first we deny it, then we must give in to it, but we are young trapped in an old body, then we start to FEEL old. and then.......... Your poem is wonderful Jay. Wish I had read it before this
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Date: 5/4/2023 10:24:00 PM
A good poem. Well done.
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