Grow Old Disgracefully

We are all ageing. Can't change it, might as well have fun with it!

I hope I grow old disgracefully

sitting on a young man’s knee

I want to dance upon the table

and wear high heels long as I’m able

when I fancy and have the whim

I’ll throw my arms up high and sing

 

Instead of shopping in the supermarket

I’ll be riding the trolley and wearing the basket

when tired I’ll lay down in the aisle

til you approach then I’ll leap up and smile

put my face in yours and shout ‘Boo’

then run the hell away from you

 

Eavesdropping on conversations I’ll linger

interrupting only to say “Pull my finger”

at funerals I’ll poke folks in the chest

and with a glint in my eye say “You’re next”

oh I can’t wait to misbehave

my way into a ripe old age.

Reviews

[Marquise]

lol, i love the sarcasm, who says growing old has to be boring LOL, just imagine if some older folks did these very things! omg, people wouldn't know what do to or say...

Sitting on a young man�s knee
I want to dance upon the table
And wear high heels long as I am able

Are we talking about those old strippers who don't know when to quit?? lol
very good one, april..

[Jonathan Bryant Dean]

I like the witty reparte of this poem. I live life now, and I will worry about old age later, but it is nice to hope that it will be as you have written it.

JBD

[Captain Blackheart (The..]

lol....oh this is really funny! Brought me out in a big smile :)

Wonderful!!!!!