Michael Edwards

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Once a man approaches fifty

his veins turn blue, his legs go bandy,

and his knees get knobbly very quickly.

And when the sun by slow degree,

warms the land and warms the sea

many a man obliviously

without a sense of dignity

dons cotton shorts indifferently

not the best of sights to see.