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Jun 2021
When your body's no longer elastic
and you think to yourself, am I past it?
but the mirror says no and your head
says let's go,
don't do anything drastic.

Bones get old and they creak
muscles you once had are weak
your mouth gets too dry, you can't speak,
and you need to go for a leak.
John Edward Smallshaw
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John Edward Smallshaw  68/Here and now
(68/Here and now)   
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