Category: Growing Older

I am the oldest Man alive. I’m one hundred And forty-five. I read it so It must be real. You’re no older Than you feel. So if it’s true What experts say, Then that’s how old I am today!

The old man sitting next to me Was searching for his ticket. He said he’d looked in all the places Where he would usually stick it. I told him, “Tell me where you’re going And I will gladly pay your fare. He said, “That’s why I need my ticket, It’s how I’ll know when I […]

She was ninety-nine years old And as healthy as could be. So I asked her, as she stood there, “Why the gloom and misery?” She said all her life long friends Had already passed away. I said, “Surely you’re not lonely, You have visitors every day.” She said, “Oh, I’ve got new friends And older […]

I’d been called for jury duty, it was hurry up and wait; While they tried to pick the twelve who’d decide some poor guy’s fate. We all compared our numbers as we stood there in the hall, Each one of us in secret hoped we wouldn’t get the call. I had spent my boyhood here, […]

Henry kissed me long ago, Longer than you need to know. Memories of that day gone by, One last wish before I die. When carving letters on my stone, Don’t put, “She lies here all alone.” Don’t put, “Love and marriage missed her.” For my epitaph just put, “HENRY KISSED HER!”