(I Trudged Along)
Now I'm 40
By Brian Gogarty (11th March 2003)
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They say 鈥淟ife begins at forty,
the best years are ahead鈥.
But if I live as long again
I鈥檒l probably be dead.
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They say men peak at seventeen -
and women thirty-five.
So by the time we鈥檙e forty
have we lost our sexual drive?
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The thought of it鈥檚 not frightening,
but what don鈥檛 appeal to me is
in order to chew biscuits,
I must dip them in my tea.
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And if my hair should all fall out,
as one day it well might,
should I by a wig to help prevent
reflection of the light?
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When my limbs grow weary
and my ears no longer hear
and my tongue has lost the pleasure
of tasting wine and beer.
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When my prostate and my bladder
are giving me some grief
and I need to fit a catheter
to gain that small relief
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When my eyes grow dark and dim,
And I no longer see,
I鈥檒l remember you and you鈥檒l still be
so beautiful to me
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