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ON AGING-Maya Angalou

When you see me sitting quietly

Like a sack left on the shelf

Don't think I need you chattering

I'm listening to myself

Hold! Stop! Don't pity me!

Hold! Stop your sympathy!

Understanding if you got it

otherwise ill do without it!

When my bones are stiff and aching

And my feet wont climb the stair

I will only ask one favor:

Don't bring me no rocking chair.

When you see me walking, stumbling,

Don't study and get it wrong.

'Cause tired don't mean lazy

And every goodbye ain't gone.

I'm the same person I was back then.

A lot less hair, a little less chin,

A lot less lungs, and much less wind

But ain't lucky I can still breathe in.

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