Getting old is no piece of cake

Willy Loman : I don’t want a change! I want Swiss cheese! Why am I always being contradicted? – Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

For Daniel MacDonald, the finest Willy Loman ever

For his birthday, June 27, 2024

Getting old is no piece of cake

Getting old is no piece of cake;

The feast is over;

We need a break.

Our best is behind us.

Make no mistake;

Getting old is no piece of cake.

It’s no picnic getting old;

Our bones are frail;

We’re often cold.

Our days are numbered;

With lives on hold.

It’s no picnic getting old.

Facing death is trouble enough,

Without all the changes,

It’s really tough,

To feel like a fossil:

It’s another rebuff

When facing death is trouble enough.

So getting old is no piece of cake,

No picnic, no feast,

No time to fake,

To pretend that death

Is some mistake;

Getting old is no piece of cake.

Your friend,

Robert

P.S. The production of Death of a Salesman cited above took place in February 1981

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