Other people's poetry is my muse today -- JitterbugPerfume said this in April 2005:

[Radio_Lady]

On Becoming Sixty

I suddenly find my life becoming my history

That happens when you reach a certain age

beyond fifty

and so

for my children, and other interested parties

it begins:

I will wear a purple hat

and say outrageous things

I will get a cat

and together

we will grow fat

I will watch the birds

and plant a garden of herbs

I will stay up all night

reading and thinking

when I was young

I had no time for living

From JitterbugPerfume in April 2005 with attribution and limited distribution in my DU journal and the Lounge. Thank you.

[Radio_Lady]

1. Comment if you wish and I must tell you I am now 68 and that's no lie!

[Radio_Lady]

2. Also, I would substitute a dog for a cat... and all that.

Sorry, I'm allergic to cats.

Also, because it rhymes, I don't want to get fat.

I'm marching to a different drummer.

Oprah's trainer, Bob Greene.

http://www2.oprah.com/health/bob/bestlife/recipes/recipe_main.jhtml

It's his Best Life plan.

Check it out!

http://www.oprah.com



OT: I was on Oprah's Maryland television program in 1981, discussing Mothers Without Custody, my mission during that decade.