<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=433210" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Before a Grin of Satisfaction Lifts</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Let's face it.<br>When someone says, <br>'You look good for 'your' age! '<br>The emphasis is on 'your'! <br>That is not to be interpreted, <br>As a sign that you appear decades younger! <br>You do not! <br>And the next time someone says that to you...<br>Do not begin blushing, <br>As a customary response! <br>Stop and think...<br>'What age do they think I am? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some of us who have heard that comment, <br>Seem to think the reference is made<br>Because we look as if we are still waiting <br>To be asked to the senior prom! <br>AGAIN! <br>When in fact...<br>I've seen dinosaurs in museums, <br>And I am amazed how well they look! <br>And they have been well preserved, <br>Bones and all! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Had you thought...<br>When someone expresses, <br>'You look good, for 'your' age! '<br>They are not thinking, <br>'My God, <br>That relic is 'still' around? <br>And walking unaided...<br>Making eye contact without assistance? <br>Am I witnessing a miracle or what? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Those thoughts should first enter 'your' mind, <br>BEFORE a grin of satisfaction...<br>Lifts your wrinkled cheeks! <br>The ones on your behind, <br>And those on your face! <br>And 'if' a younger person says that to you...<br>You return one of the most ugliest looks you can! <br>Immediately you know they are thinking...<br>'I will never get that old and 'still' enjoy my life! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=433210" data-title="Before a Grin of Satisfaction Lifts de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Let's face it. When someone says, 'You look good for 'your' age! ' The emphasis is on 'your'! That is not to be interpreted, As a sign that you appear decades younger! You do not! And the next time someone says that to you... Do not begin blu..."></div> </div> </div>

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