<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=511468" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Now I Am Old</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Seems I have grown old and my belly pops out<br>although I'm strangely at ease <br>and find comfort in its wobbling.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Seems I've grown old and my body aches<br>in places that I never knew <br>and still I take pleasure in the aching.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To be this age and moan is what I fancy<br>and I moan a lot, to annoy my children<br>and my grandchildren and some.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What good is it to be old and silent, <br>to sit in a chair, rocking to and fro <br>without a gripe or a fart or both! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">No, I like to let the world know I'm here, <br>and after all these years of staying quiet, <br>to argue my point and snarl a little.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Seems I've grown old and my skin has creases<br>where there used to be bloom and colour<br>and young men complimented me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Seems only yesterday I held you close<br>let you suckle from my tiny breasts<br>that have also grown, now, that they are no use.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Men will say, 'look at the knockers on that'<br>as I lie on a beach bathing in the sunshine<br>with a newspaper over my head</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and I'll cackle and laugh and swear at them, <br>throw my stick at them and tell them to <br>behave as - now - I am old.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ruth+Walters">Ruth Walters</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=511468" data-title="Now I Am Old de Ruth Walters" data-description="Seems I have grown old and my belly pops out although I'm strangely at ease and find comfort in its wobbling. Seems I've grown old and my body aches in places that I never knew and still I take pleasure in the aching. To be this age and moan i..."></div> </div> </div>

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