this is a time
the perfect time
for love
nature our genes
or dopamine
are saying go go go
this is the time
for love
for procreation
(last chance)
it's a time to be wild
a time for euphoria
this is the man
you are the woman
this is the time
when you could die for it
die for love
knowing
that nothing no moment
could be better
than the now
when you are together
tricky nature
trickster people
pushing us like this
no conrol of population
like my favourite
fictional characters
mostly women
I said yes to love
"yes I said yes I will Yes"
oh how the clichés roll
off our ageing tongues
time goes so fast
it happens so quickly
things you could do yesterday
aren't as easy today
you can imagine the stories
of doctors
of medication
friends' parents are aged
living longer
wanting to get rid of things
their children don't want
they plan to downsize
but it's become so hard
you hear them say
it's becoming so hard
you hear the children say
it's killing us
that's a shock
I must clean out (again)
give more away
make lists
decide who should get what
I've no desire to reach ninety
expensively maintained
but I follow advice
& get the handrails fitted