Poem: 50 by Warren Gates on ScribeSlice

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Discuss (13) About This writing is drafting. Writer: Warren Gates Type: Poem Categories: General Views: 1008 Words: 109 Written: 30th November 2011 Recommendations (3)
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This is something I wrote in a writing class at the community college in June 2010. It was an in class exercise, to write a poem or short story that began " I never thought..."
I never thought I would wake up one day And be 50! This is an age I never thought I’d be! Should I put down my guitar, learn to knit doilies, join the AARP? Or keep pretending that I don’t know of such things 50! Hhhmmm… I still feel 15! What happened to the years in between? Now if I counted my years by the dog lives I’ve lived though that would be a clue, or look at my 30 year old son And say “What have I done?” I’d have to admit that I just don’t know but it seems that 50 was when I started to grow

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