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Old Timer’s

Chris Butler

I hope I die before I get old
Double-helix spiraling downward
These are the genes I wear
Since they are my only pair.

Double-helix spiraling downward
Covered in defective chromosomes
But they are my only pair,
Like decaying leaves on the family tree,

I’m covered in defective chromosomes
Smothering my precious brain cells,
Like decaying leaves on the family tree.
I sit in my rocking chair awaiting my fate.

Smothering my precious brain cells
As I sink, drowning in dementia
I sit in my rocking chair awaiting my fate,
Stalling regularly to recall.

As I sink, drowning in dementia
Naively believing that life is fair,
I stall regularly to recall
All the tales I’ve been told.

I still naively believe that life is fair,
But these are the genes I wear,
And from all the tales I’ve been told
I hope I die before I get old.

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