<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=437116" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>I Was Only Joking</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'I was only joking! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You know...<br>Many years ago, <br>I heard those same comments...<br>Said to me by a few folks.<br>Those who 'still' socialize and meet.<br>Doing those 'same' things, <br>As they tease each other and greet.<br>On the same neighborhood streets.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In discussions of a yesterday.<br>As if those 'yesterdays' have not gone away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some of them have unruly children, <br>Who lack discipline.<br>And they even brag about, <br>How they 'hang' around and party...<br>With their teenage grandchildren.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Don't get me wrong.<br>I still may hum a few old songs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've been accused of taking my life too seriously.<br>And that I 'think' too much.<br>And with that I must agree.<br>But at the age of...<br>How old are you? <br>Over fifty? <br>I am...63.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'I was only joking! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Trust me, <br>This I know.<br>But something inside me wishes...<br>People like you would grow.<br>And I don't believe, <br>I will ever see...<br>Those wishes come true! <br>Do you? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'I was only joking! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And you are too sad, <br>To bring a smile to my face.<br>Or even think I should laugh! <br>I'm glad my seriousness, <br>Kept my steps moving with a forward pace.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'I was only joking! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I know.<br>You told me so.<br>I just don't have it in me, <br>To cry! <br>Goodbye.</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=437116" data-title="I Was Only Joking de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="'I was only joking! ' You know... Many years ago, I heard those same comments... Said to me by a few folks. Those who 'still' socialize and meet. Doing those 'same' things, As they tease each other and greet. On the same neighborhood streets. ..."></div> </div> </div>

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