One Has to Get Up Before Dawn
I want to grey.
I want it known I have aged,
And earned my way.
I want it clear I am no child.
I have been around for a while!
Learning and hoping I am improved.
Those who wish to sit and revisit their youth...
Are fine with me.
I do that all the time myself.
When I am out walking and hiking.
Exercising and watching what I eat.
And not being conscious of aging at all.
I did that in my teens and twenties!
Wanting to be grown and doing it quickly.
And when 59 came?
Who knew I would feel 39 at 61?
Passing for someone aged 55!
And lieing that I am yet 50 years of age.
But when one keeps fit...
That's the fun of it all!
No one has to know I look like Godzilla,
In the early hours of the morning.
Just before dawn.
And that's what I recommend.
Getting up just before dawn.
Taking at least two hours to pull it together...
Because that's how long it is going to take.
Before any public appearances.
There is no need to scare anyone,
Who has become accustomed to your 'youthful' glow!
They do not have to know,
How much effort it actually takes!
There's a routine I do everyday.
It takes hours off of one's physical appearance.
However...
Do not!
I repeat...
Do not get caught in rush hour traffic.
Someone might get a glimpse...
And off you go.
Carted away to someone's zoo!
That happened to one of my neighbor's!
But I think she is undergoing a major makeover.
I haven't seen her in months!
Although her backyard is littered with peanut shells,
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poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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