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She was pretty so she simply let life happen to her.
Never short of offers from her choice of ardent suitors.

Content with living day to day, she made no future plan;
With just enough to make ends meet, and armloads full of fans.

The day came when she realized that she could not retire;
While she trained replacements that they planned to hire.

How fortunate that fast food chains employ the elderly;
She came cheap; and joined the sheep who showed up faithfully.

Too late to wish she had a skill; to late to marry well;
She greets us all at window two, each time she hears the bell.

Plan ahead, the lady said, because it takes endurance;
To serve those lines at 89 to pay for health insurance.

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The Lady in the Dell
Date: Saturday, 2nd June 2018 @ 08:55:18 PM AEST
Topic: Sad Poetry

Contributed By: softerware

She was pretty so she simply let life happen to her.
Never short of offers from her choice of ardent suitors.

Content with living day to day, she made no future plan;
With just enough to make ends meet, and armloads full of fans.

The day came when she realized that she could not retire;
While she trained replacements that they planned to hire.

How fortunate that fast food chains employ the elderly;
She came cheap; and joined the sheep who showed up faithfully.

Too late to wish she had a skill; to late to marry well;
She greets us all at window two, each time she hears the bell.

Plan ahead, the lady said, because it takes endurance;
To serve those lines at 89 to pay for health insurance.



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