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'When I am old' by Jenny Joseph

WHEN I AM AN OLD WOMAN I SHALL WEAR PURPLE
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to spit

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.
Xochi
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Originally posted by jeppa:
I`m in the throes of my retirement now and still don`t know how I`m going to spend it Confused I give myself big ideas of cruises and holidays but it`s quite hard now I`m on my own, I wish I had the confidence to go on these single holidays, as it is I spend my days reading and on my laptop Big Grin

Take the confidence..sign up to a what you are interested in holiday.. My Mum did that and went to Oxford Uni, during the uni holidays, and fulfilled her dream (which was interupted by the war, but she did work for the bouncing bomb team)Proud of my Mum..You bet!!!
lightfoot

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