Four score and more can be a drag. <br />I’ve watched my face in mirrors sag. <br />My fiber diet makes me gag. <br />Alas, my tail has lost its wag. <br /> <br />When I was young my abs were cut <br />And girls all liked my shapely butt. <br />Alas, my girth so broad has got <br />When playing golf I only putt. <br /> <br />It used to be that I could drink <br />A half a bottle in a blink. <br />Now two shots take me to the brink <br />Where I can neither walk nor think. <br /> <br />In manly skills I once felt certain. <br />Mondays found me spent and hurtin’. <br />Then John Thomas drew the curtain; <br />I’m now reduced to merely flirtin’. <br /> <br />When we bought, the price was right. <br />Our house was sturdy and build tight, <br />But now with bedrooms up a flight <br />The sofa is my bunk at night. <br /> <br />Seems I’ve misplaced my senses five. <br />My reflex time is in a dive, <br />So mostly I no longer drive. <br />(I’d like to reach the grave alive.) <br /> <br />Despite the mounting evidence <br />Do not assign me to past tense. <br />I’ve lost my supple, not my sense <br />(unlike some recent presidents) . <br /> <br />I’m much relieved that I’m retired. <br />I may get bored but can’t be fired. <br />No boss, by bottom line inspired, <br />Outsourcing me to foreign hired. <br /> <br />And though our amorous nights are done, <br />My wife still calls me honeybun; <br />Old friends despite their aches stay fun <br />Though most weigh in at half a ton. <br /> <br />I’ve got a nice routine, and happily <br />See kids and grandkids frequently. <br />(But gameboy screens they show to me <br />To put it simply, I can’t see!)<br /><br />Chuck Toll<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-geezer-s-lament/
