No h'offence hyar!!!!! -I wonder what the 80-90 year olds say???do we have
any???
P golden P

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Sent: 03 August 2006 14:32
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Subject: Re: Snap - Old People

Patrick & Lyn,
Age being relative, I guess I am in that netherworld between getting old and
getting really old, and wondering how I got here. Of course, to me the poem
is more about philosophy than old people. Certainly not meant to offend.

-Peter

On 8/3/06, Lyn Moir <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> As, like Patrick, another old person, I must say I like the poem a lot,
> but
> feel it has absolutely no relationship to me. It's like a parallel
> universe,
> or the person I thought I might grow into, and haven't!
>
> Or how old is your 'old'? I'm past 70 and I feel the poem describes
> 90-year
> olds, or even centenarians, as some of my 90+ friends put me to shame.
>
> But it's a good poem. How about retitiling it 'Very Old People'?
>
> Lyn
>
> > Old People
>
> > Old people like to be early
> > They make their appointments for the day ahead
> > So they can be first in line
> > Old people quickly lose interest in hair
> > Penmanship, and serious arguments
> > They recognize that children invented time
> > And that time has absolutely no relationship to space
> > Old people walk slowly because they realize there is no place to go
> > And there is no time to get there anyway
> > They understand that they will never see the self in the gaze of the
> other
> > Although the Tao Te Ching reminds them to be as supple as a newborn baby
> > With all due respect, old people see value in being brittle and
> desiccated
> > They realize that sometimes it is better to
> > Stand your ground and be broken in half
> > Than to be the last one standing
> >
> >
> >
> > Peter Ciccariello
> > Rhode Island, USA
> > 2 August 2006
> >
> > http://poemsfromprovidence.blogspot.com/
> > http://invisiblenotes.blogspot.com/
> >
>



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