Do you feel like this now that your old?
Your fingers from arthritis do not unfold
Your body temperature is always very cold
The clothes in your closet not hung but rolled
Food in your refrigerator is covered with mold
You’ve been through hard times so anything of value you’ve sold
Loss of hearing, the same things several times over your told
Still when you talk, your way to loud, you spit and your bold
The purses you carry, a foot locker they could easily hold
You keep your money in the mattress instead of a billfold
So how can it be said that these last years of yours are made of gold?
Are these your Golden Years?
Author Eileen Clark 2023
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Eileen Clark (Pseudonym) (
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Omg that is so true. I like how the rhyme scheme for the poem was monosyllable but the last line wasnt, that really packed a punch. Good writing!
Good morning Addy and thank you so much for your lovely comment.
A fine write Eileen.
There was a writer, who wrote only in monosyllables, for children's books - difficult to do!
Thank you. Very difficult and not as much fun. I just had to try and get it behind me.
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