How to Age Disgracefully

by Clare Pooley

“I’ve done some awful things, too, as you know. You don’t get to our age with a completely unblemished record. Not unless you’ve not lived. The trick is just to try to ensure the balance falls on the side of the good.”

“We should remember what Dylan Thomas said.” “What did he say?” said Art. “ ‘Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day,’ ” said Daphne. “It’s the closing party tonight. Let’s go burn and rave.”