I never thought.....

I never thought the time would come when the following would (almost) apply!!!!

I’M FINE THANKS

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There is nothing the matter with me.,

I am as healthy as can be.

I have arthritis in both my knees

And when I talk I talk with a wheeze.

My pulse is weak and my blood is thin

But I’m awfully well for the shape I’m in.

Old age is golden, I’ve heard it said,

But sometimes I wonder as I get into bed.

With my ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup,

My eyes on the table until I wake up.

E’re sleep comes to me, I say to myself

Is there anything else I could lay on the shelf?

How do I know that my youth is all spent?

Well, my get up and go has got up and went!

But I don’t really mind when I think, with a grin,

Of all the grand places my ‘getup’ has been.

I get up in the morning and dust off my wits,

Then pick up the paper and read the ‘obits’.

If my name is still missing, I know I’m not dead,

So I have a good breakfast and go back to bed.

The moral is this, as this tale I unfold,

That for you and me who are now growing old

T’is better to say ‘I’m fine’ with a grin

Than to let them all know the real shape you’re in.