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Apr 2019
If I were eighty
I'd slit my throat
Or take a long voyage
In a leaky boat
I'd climb the highest mountain
And then jump off
I'd be so desperate
I'd take up golf

I'd go to the Galapagos
Those prehistoric isles
Where the past lives on
And the lizard smiles
Or to the Yucatan
With it's ancient race
The glory may be gone
But they left a trace

I'd take every chance
I'd drive at night
I'd speak my mind
And dare you to fight
For I've nothing to lose
How long can one live?
I've given what I can
Though I have more to give

I still have more left
Of what I was given
"Stand out of my way,
'Cause I'm not through living"
Written for my Dad on his eightieth birthday, eleven years before he died.  He lived a life of which I am both proud and envious.
Herb
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Herb  65/M/Florence, KY
(65/M/Florence, KY)   
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   ---, Andrew Rueter and X
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