You're Only As Old As You Think You Are

You're Only As Old As You Think You Are

Natasha Josefowitz

This is a time in my life

that l don't want to miss -

old age is a privilege

denied to a lot o f people

and the best way to avoid

becoming an old dog

is to keep learning

new tricks

I always say that age

is only important

if you happen to be

wine or cheese

Yet when l get out of the shower

I am relieved that the mirror

is all fogged up

l have also noticed that

I'm beginning to decline a lot of offers -

preferring to stay home -

which is probably why they

call these the "declining years"

After middle-age spread

I look forward to old-age shrinkage

and I'm much too wise

to ever want to be young again