History all over Again

What is it like to be old? Should anyone who isn’t

old care to know, I’d tell them, it is to know you have

learned your lesson well—And not only is there so

much you still don’t know, but now it’s too late to

even care. Your body and mind tell you what you

don’t know can no longer hurt you. History has

been repeated over and over again, so the results

of that, good and bad, have become ingrained in

your brain. The world is as it always has been and

shall inevitably repeat over and over again. Oh well,

what the hell, you have seen Gone with the Wind,

the Wizard of Oz and Casablanca a million times.

Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn. Toto, we’re not in

Kansas anymore. Of all the gin joints in all the world...

Well, young ones, hyperbole is, we older folks have

seen and heard it all a million times before. The only

surprise is that many of us have thus far somehow

managed to survive. You can quote me as having said

that. And for effect, I have decided to add an extra line,

giving me a last-ditch reasoning to rhyme. Even this

adroit chicanery I have employed before.

Chris Hanch 9-1-19