DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN?

 

I grew a beard, thinking it would say

"Distinguished Gentleman" to all

Instead, what it’s actually saying

Is Senior Discount seeker at the Mall

I HAVE REACHED THAT TIME

 

I have reached that time when

Normal life has come to a halt

I’m at the age where I can’t take

Anything with a pinch of salt

I HAVE BEEN DATING A HOARDER

 

I have been dating a hoarder

But she broke up with me

Because I’m the one thing

She can get rid of apparently

I’VE ALWAYS BEEN AN AVID READER # 1

 

I’ve always been an avid reader

Mystery books are my favourite

But then every novel is a mystery

If you never manage to finish it

THE LONELINESS OF GRIEF

 

There can be no lonelier

Place on earth than grief

When you lose a loved one

Mother, father, sister, brother,

A spouse, a close friend or lover

It burdens you heart and soul

Though you are surrounded

By kindred spirits, who also suffer

You still feel desperately alone

RICK ASTLEY WILL LET YOU BORROW

 

Rick Astley will let you borrow

Any movie from his Pixar collection,

But “He's never gonna give you Up”

As that’s the obvious exception

21st CENTURY NURSERY RHYMES # 409

 

Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie,

Kissed the girls and made them cry

The power he liked to relish and savour

He now knows was inappropriate behaviour