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There are ghosts fast come approaching
I saw them ducking through the dark.
Their eyes were hollow still and frightening
The look on their face was grey and stark.

I heard a voice croaking and wheezing
As blood dripped from a severed head.
Whilst the body I saw kneeling
But I wasn’t sure if it was dead!

The ghosts gathered by the bells that were ringing.
Curses were uttered to the cloud-covered sky.
A cauldron was lit and three ghosts started stirring,
But then the moon burst through and exposed the lie.

The milk was in the cupboard.
The toaster was in the hall.
The butter was in the garden shed
And as for the bread—I couldn’t recall.

I’d had an old person’s moment
When things go up the spout.
I think I should stay at home today
As I’ll get lost if I go out..... Boom, Boom

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Now I am old, but I only felt really old recently.

In about four weeks time I will be seventy-four-years of age so I have been approaching getting old for a few years,

But, as I say, it’s only the last year or so that I have felt old.

Maybe we don’t get old until it’s too late to notice.

When I can’t take a pill to turn back time,

Could I shoot the pharmacist and it not be a crime?

Could I plead ‘age’ as my defence?

No, said the judge! Age is of little consequence.

As many of us don’t notice age as being a consequence of life,

So too we ignore another factor of life.

That’s the one that’s been slightly troubling me lately.

Dying is a harsh word, but ‘passing away’ is –a bit–twee.

Where did he pass away to? A child could enquire.

Did he pass the ball away?

Did he pass time away?

Did he pass away the chance of love?

Did he pass away the knowledge from above?

Is life worth getting old for if getting old holds all the problems of age?

Well, I feel as though I’m not really qualified to answer that

question. Or, I don’t feel qualified to answer that question.

So, let’s find something where we will be on the same page.

Getting old is great, but then again it’s truly a struggle.

It’s great in so many ways it would take me hundreds of pages to describe all the advantages.

It’s a struggle in so many ways it would take me hundreds of pages to describe all the disadvantages.

As you can see the two are a balance, in much the same way as all of life has been a balance until that is, you reach that age where there is no more age left for you to age.

Here, I will sign off. Oops, there I go again, using yet another

euphemism for death. But not in this case. Here, I mean to stop

giving away what is only my opinion. Others may rightly or wrongly consider

themselves more learned than me to give opinions on such learned matters.

Give away, I say—It’s better than passing a way, I say.

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