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too old
by Steve Patterson → (All Poetry by Steve Patterson)
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damn
i must be gettin' old
too old
ta' be sold
or ta' be so bold

market research
don't wanna' talk ta' me
it hurts
where's the search
if you can't find
what was left behind
life ain't kind
when your old

are you between
18 and 25
no
25 to 40
no
45 to no!
well thank you

hey! who are you?

what do you mean?

i mean who are you?

yolanda

where you be?

arizona.
so you don't just want to come on ovea?

did ya' ever hear a grin?
i did.

just how old are you she ask

old enuff ta' ask

she laughed
so what do you know about music anyway?
what do you want to know anyway?

she paused
because
i'd thrown her a loop
gave her my poop

you don't get into rap
no
hard rock
i think not
country
country baby is who i am
she said damn
how about jazz or blues?

all that jazz is razzz a ma taze
blues i do

she said you would

so i ask her
how old are you?

she said old enuff
ta' know an old fool

i smiled ta' my self
said self
go for it...

she stopped me dead in my track
she said i'll call you back
you be a poet
said, said
you readin' my head
she said no
your heart

i said i'm so old

she said your story ain't been told

you ain't dead
your story's yet ta' be read

i said...
she said "shut up"
call ya' later alligator

oh my

maybe i'm not so old

least that's what i was told

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