I Will Describe This Man I See ( In the Mirror)
I will describe this man I see, as best as I can judge,
When he sits down to have a rest, job to make him budge,
This he does each afternoon, till cup of tea at three,
Then slowly moves and back to work, peel him off settee. ( New chair now)
He used to have to duck his head, to go through six foot door,
Getting round shouldered, natural bend, don't duck any more,
Gone all grey, and going thin on top, you see his scalp when wet,
Forehead getting higher, no longer does he sweat.
When he gets a grump , his lips turn down, jutting out his chin,
Eyebrows drop and looks through them, to run you must begin,
Its just a passing cloud I think, the sun comes out and smiles,
Can just see his teeth, and the gap, nothing them defiles.
Lazy comes to mind sometimes, but then he's getting old,
Hasn't got his dad now, to crack the whip and scold,
His own boss, do what he likes, no one to whip him up,
All the ploughing matches been to, he's only won one cup.
Another clue to who it is, he had an operation on his knee,
Then he had another just the same, on the other you see,
Metal joints he had fitted, these clues give you the key,
Must be why I'm shorter now, for in the mirror, it's only me.
Countryman
I will tell you the story of my stay in hospital when I had both my knee joints replaced, but that will be for anotherday.
In the meantime I was lucky enough to have a new arm chair for me birthdee. I was alowd to choose it and try it so there would be no moaning. Not that I ever moan, but I make exeption about what they had to pay for it (moan), but then if I can have it for the next thirty years I suppose it will be okay.
Oh now when I wake up in me chair, I find that the gand children have stuck the fridge magnets on my metal knee's. and they frighten themselves to death when they're trying out the new metal detecter.
It takes the best part of a minute (moan) to get out of it when its in the extreme prone position, and when they bring a hot cup of tea, nobody wants to wait while I recover and sit up enough to be able to hold it, and when someone knocks the door (moan), they're just off out of the gate in the car by the time I get to them.
So the chair has some drawbacks, but by god it is comfortable.