<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=437334" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>If This Was 1953</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">If this was 1953, <br>And I was still beset with fantasies...<br>I 'might' consider your challenge to compete with me, <br>Seriously.<br>But I am at a stage of my life, <br>I do not seek to dine in limelight.<br>Or humbly bow with the receiving of applause.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It has been over sixty years my craving has been fed, <br>With a wiping of nervous sweat from my forehead.<br>And I am extremely flattered you have chosen me to pick, <br>As someone you believe would be interested.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But...<br>If this was 1953, <br>And I was still beset with fantasies...<br>I 'might' consider your challenge to compete with me, <br>Seriously.<br>But I am at a stage of my life, <br>I do not seek to dine in limelight.<br>Or humbly bow with the receiving of applause.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My priorities have been narrowed, <br>To the getting out of bed.<br>And praying with a thankfulness, <br>Not to feel a new pain or ache to dread.<br>However...<br>I AM honored to 'think', <br>You believe me someone 'you' could hoodwink.</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=437334" data-title="If This Was 1953 de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="If this was 1953, And I was still beset with fantasies... I 'might' consider your challenge to compete with me, Seriously. But I am at a stage of my life, I do not seek to dine in limelight. Or humbly bow with the receiving of applause. It has..."></div> </div> </div>

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