Marius van Dokkum
“Doe Het Zelver”
. . . Decrepit age that has been tied to me
As to a dog’s tail . . .
What was I saying? Something about graying,
Growing old, fading away, tattered memories,
Subtraction, recession, autumnal leaves,
Withering, unraveling, fraying?
You Do Hoodoo 
i believe it was Bette Davis who said, “Growing old is not for sissies”. True. However, you and I have seen more than one young person die before graduating from high school so living into a seventh or eight decade is, perhaps, endurable.