Resolutions at 30

What are you going to do now old man, old man
when you look in the mirror, and the mirror doesn't lie
when the girls grin like hags and the barrels run dry
and ghosts walk at noon and there's blood in the sky
what are you going to do now
old man
old man

Well, I'll light the gas and take my love a cup of tea in bed,
I'll talk at length in coffee shops of books I haven't read,
I'll say a prayer for the roaring boys who are six feet under,
I'll praise the holly trinity,
and I'll fart against the thunder!
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Posted: Jul 2013
About this poem:
I wrote this from memory so may be slight errors!
I love the base harshness at the beginning, the gentle reality and acceptance of the middle and the defiance and humour of the last line.
I think the title of resolutions at 30 ( not 60, or 80 etc) is well thought out. In all the poem is a pleasant contrast and surprise.

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