Holding back the years

by Marion Clarke
(Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland)

When you hit twenty

You've still got plenty

At the age of thirty
You can still be flirty

Forty's not so bad
when you are Jack the Lad

But beware - you can look shifty
On the dance floor after fifty!

But although the pains may start
At sixty, just take heart
That we will always love you
Even though you're an old fart.