Retirement Blues

Reflections on a Retirement I'll never see

Someday I'm supposed to retire
But I won't live that long
Go to work and be to tired
To the grave I will belong

Retirement's a game of chance
for my generation
This ain't no place for golden years
Youth domination nation

I can roam the streets with an M16
Sticking up young punks
Gimme your money ya little s**t
Before your head's in chunks

Be bad a*s in a pimped wheelchair
Riding around real tough
Hit on hot b*****s at the home
Girl I'm still man enough

Shooting Viagra in my veins
Snorting vitamins crushed
Blowing all mt pension money
on hookers and some rush

So now you know why I won't live
to see retirement
It doesn't matter anyway
Now go fetch my ointment

Reviews

[Tai Ryens]

Retirement is for those who give up on living

[Baby Ricochet]

that's for sure. Thanks Tai

[AYVID N]

That's one hell of a way to live out retirement. I'd say go for it! :)
I loved reading this beauty. Thanks for the RR Baby.

[D.E. Ball]

Whoa there, grandpa! Calm down, or you'll give yourself a heart attack!

A quirky, entertaining read. :D

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you DE

[QuietlyCrash]

Haha, this is like a gangsta rap for my granddad. Holy s**t, loved this. Great job BR.

[Baby Ricochet]

thank you QC

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

This was extremely entertaining. I love the imagery of the "old folks", as well as the deeper concept of retirement. It is true that we live in a world where our retirement is not set as those who came before us. Well written and thought provoking in a slightly satirical presentation.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Girl Friday

[Nia Hope]

Lol I can actually kind of imagine this happening if not by you then someone else :)

[Baby Ricochet]

It does. Thank you Ankara

[dw817]

Now Rico, you know I am already retired myself, and it's not such a bad thing. Having just come back from the hospital and seeing Chris's Dad there, it is clear to see that our senior citizens are very precious and special to us indeed.

It's also likely in the next few days I'll be spending more time with him back at his home, as Chris said he would like me to keep tabs on him and see that he stays safe. And I want Chris to have peace of mind above all else for all the good things and times we've had together ourselves.

[Baby Ricochet]

You're a good man dw

[dw817]

Thanks, Rico. I guess I feel responsible for my own Dad dying. I know I spent every day with him from 8am till 7pm Mon-Sat when I retired 15-years ago and yet - when he was in the hospital, while my step-mom and my sister visited him, I do remember a few times when I was so upset I said - no - I don't want to see him - not like this.

And the last time, the very day he died, while I was there, I was so frightened at what I saw of him in the emergency room, not a hospital room, I turned LEFT instead of RIGHT. And I was found by a nurse a few minutes later who told me - he died.

I cried for years, I can still cry today very easily thinking about him and our happy times together.

We think of our parents as immortal, that they can never die or grow old or get sick or anything - and yet life, painful teacher that she is, teaches us in harsh reality, quite the opposite.

I don't want to see Chris's Dad be alone. I know Chris can't be there for him all the time, but I have no excuse - I can. And he said it's only for a-short while until he gets a live-in nurse.

[DOROTHY]

hahahahaha i like this its very good and you wrote it gr8
i enjoyed

[dw817]

Sure, Heaven. We all need to find ways and help each other and stuff in this great sapphire world of ours. As it is, he's back in the hospital and will be for a-whiles now I dunno when he's getting out now. He got worse ...

[Annabelle Lee]

Haha we have a resident in the nursing home I work at that reminds me a bit of our beloved ricochet

[Baby Ricochet]

He's gotta be a hand full

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

A very rich piece that explains the traits and scars we bare on our road to the coffin!

[Baby Ricochet]

HA! For sure

[TL Boehm]

I laugh at this even though I don't want to. Aging is a mofo and to think that we'll have to work till we're broken and crazy pisses me off. My grandma did the same thing. She ended up in a facility for Alzheimers patients - walking the halls with her walker and her kiddie scissors threatening to cut the pecker off of a gentleman down the hall who kept waking her up (he wasn't - she just thought he was) Such a future....

[Baby Ricochet]

America doesn't care care of it's Elders. Thank you TL