As the Beetles claimed, “I’m not half
the man I used to be.” That lyric fits
me most suitably.
Due to my life, all the twists and turns,
the ups and downs, the ins and outs,
steadfastness and turn abouts, I have
indeed turned out to be the man I was
meant to be.
It was by chance and luck of the draw
that I arrived here at the ripe old age
in my 75th year.
And lets face it folks, half the man is
a damn sight better than a third, a
quarter or none at all.
Half the man, old and gray, beats starting
out all over again from here and heading
back the other way.
I’d much rather live with the inevitable
which lies ahead of me than retake all
the mistakes I had made previously.
The whole me that used to be way
back when was not all that great. At
least I learned from what the film
industry refers to as my outtakes.
And believe you me, my film would
not win any awards or be rated PG.
-30-
Chris Hanch 10-16-2022
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