Doing It Gracefully

Get your dirty minds out of the gutter. I am talking about growing old. I wrote this poem after being called M'am at the grocery store. I found it quite shocking.

Doing it Gracefully

When Did I go from Miss to M’am?
What is this cramping in my hands?
Just yesterday, I was in college classes
Now just to read, I wear old-dame glasses.

Cosmo was this hip girl’s bible,
Now Good Housekeeping sits on my table.
I think of the mini-skirts I had,
Now if the jeans zip up I’m very glad.

I used to party dusk to dawn,
Now at nine p.m. I yawn.
We would drink all night, paint the town,
Now hubby drinks beer and “it” stays down.

It’s sad to approach our middle age,
Though I suppose it’s just another stage,
And growing old is just in your head,
And really, it beats being dead.

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