Suddenly Sixty: And Other Shocks of Later Life

You who aren't won't think it's sudden but, of course, it is. I still haven't quite realized it, though the “yes ma'ams” and glances at my white hair remind me all the time. It's not fun to be old, I think. Judith Viorst knows this, and she uses her double-edged sword of poetry and humor to jab old age right in the face.

“I don't intend to stop showing a little cleavage,
Nor do I intend to stop flashing a little thigh.
I'm still not too old to give it the old college try,
Though it's harder to keep trying,
And it's harder to keep trucking,
And it's harder to be frisky over sixty.”

Take that, Old Age.