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Mid Life Living

  Summer’s hair is growing spare, Her locks are going grey; Her closet sports an orange theme Since greener frocks are frayed. Her temperature jumps back and forth From warm to showing claws; I wonder if her neighbours know That she’s hit menopause?  

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Summer’s hair is growing spare,

Her locks are going grey;

Her closet sports an orange theme

Since greener frocks are frayed.

Her temperature jumps back and forth

From warm to showing claws;

I wonder if her neighbours know

That she’s hit menopause?

 

Responses to “Mid Life Living”

  1. Bastet

    Ah…yes..menopause, actually if one doesn’t consider all you’ve said above, quite nicely by the way, plus a few other odds and ends…it’s not really bad at all! 😉

    1. melodylowes

      🙂 Inevitable, at the very least, like death and taxes. Thank you Bastet!

      1. Bastet

        Yep true!

  2. Gallivanta

    Oh dear, you do make me laugh 🙂

    1. melodylowes

      😀 A rather lovely role to play in life. Someone has to do it!

      1. Gallivanta

        Indeed!

  3. Lyle Krahn

    OK – wasn’t expecting the last line!

    1. melodylowes

      HA! Nothing drives the males out of the coffee room like ‘women’s stuff’…. 😀

      1. Lyle Krahn

        That’s funny and true!

  4. RoSy

    Sounds like where I’m heading. And – if all goes well – I’ll live long enough to see my whole head turn grey! For now – they are highlights 🙂
    As far as menopause – blah on the pre-stuff.

    1. melodylowes

      I couldn’t agree more!! Blech…

  5. littlebtomato

    LOL 😀 That’s funnY!

    1. melodylowes

      😀 hehe

  6. Heidi Viars

    Does she cross her legs when she sneezes and does she sweat bullets in the middle of a snowstorm, too ???

    1. melodylowes

      Hey – do you know her? Uncanny…. 😀

      1. Heidi Viars

        She has been showing up every so often … while she is extremely unpredictable, I have noticed her around here more often … I don’t want to be rude, but I really don’t care for her much 😦

      2. melodylowes

        I suppose you prefer her younger, thinner, more even-tempered counterpart? 😉

  7. Caddo

    HRT works for me. Nice poem, Mel!!

    1. melodylowes

      Blessed be the pharmaceutical industry, for they keep their patrons well-balanced! 🙂

      1. Caddo

        Well, no drug is perfect–but it helps.

      2. melodylowes

        I agree. And if it’s not hindering, it’s good to add to the team.

  8. lscotthoughts

    This is delightful, Melody, and one I can also relate to, oh, the joys! 🙂

    1. melodylowes

      Unfortunately I can, too. Blast and bother. Ah, well – might as well find the humour there, too!

  9. tinamhunt

    As I was reading this, the wind was blowing leaves across my roof with such vengence it sounded like a hail storm—-so much work ahead before what’s falling turns white. Some days it’s hard to remember the shade and gentle breezes that bring joy in other seasons…..

    1. melodylowes

      True. But each season has its bleak, and each season has its beautiful – we can choose to hold on to the beautiful, too! Thanks, Tina…

  10. Symanntha Renn

    I love it.

    1. melodylowes

      🙂 Great! You’re too young to fully appreciate it yet, though! ;0

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