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Topic: Twilight Years of Life (07/02/09)

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• TITLE: The Old Woman | Previous Challenge Entry
  By Vickie Buchanan
  07/09/09
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The Old Woman


There was an old woman
Who was all in a stew.
She once had a houseful;
Now there’s just two.

The morning’s too long
There’s just one bed to make
They’re watching their weight
So no cookies to bake.

Can’t cook for just two
So the fridge is too crammed
with leftover lasagna
and baked beans and ham.

The house is too clean
and too quiet, too.
Not long ago
she’d called it “a zoo”.

Now she sits with a book
He has the TV
They look at old albums
of what used to be.

They’ve planted a garden,
signed up at a gym,
joined AARP,
taken trips, on a whim.

And still something’s missing.
They think they know what.
They miss all the hub-bub
their big family brought.

But bright days are coming!
They just got a call.
The grandkids will visit.
Life is good after all.

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