Tied down to time
You've committed a crime
By showing some signs
That you're older
Wrinkles & lines
Cutting it fine
Now you've started
Looking over
Your Shoulder
Stuck to your back
Is youth that
You lack
Like a shadow
Of the grim reaper
Eyes wide shut
You're staying put
That's why you're
Such a
Light sleeper
Time keeps flying
Your age
You're denying
But really there's
Nowhere to hide
Keep dodging
Grim reaper
To life
You're a keeper
You will defy
His scythe
Bloody right I will, he can bugger off.?
J. x
How old?
A woman walks into a shop to buy some beer,
The shop assistant asks,"How old are you my dear?"
"I'm 40 years old,believe you me."
"Well I still need to see your ID."
She showed her ID. and was well within the age range.
Gave him a note and said,"Keep the change."
After she left his colleague was told,
"It works every time when you ask how old?"
Philipos Thanks for reading... Yes a bit of fantasy here, but more so about coping with old age or living longer perhaps. For some the scythe becomes a scalpel... That they run towards.
Glad to see how it got your imagination going!
Philipos
Tue 10th Sep 2019 18:19
Nobody other than Peter Pan (and maybe Wendy) defies the grand reaper - but oh for the Days of the Kerry Dancing - to think that it might be true. We'll all end up in the toy box with the fox and perhaps even the goldilocks doll. I quite like the idea of the Piper's tune though. Might mask out the sounds of the tinned prune eaters. Especially if they were on an all night Fahita bender. Sorry about all the ad lib - those PC keys just kicked off on their own. ?
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Don Matthews
Wed 11th Sep 2019 00:05
The man with the scythe came wandering by
Swinging it nonchalantly
There came down a spider and.....
(Oops, start again.....)
The man with the scythe came wandering by
Swinging it nonchalantly
He said Don it's time to cut down the hay
I said it needs sharpening.....
(He didn't know what to say Ruth. Just sulked away in silence.....) ?