Old age goodies

 

When you are younger,

you say, you won't get old

And yes we all think like that

but we could not be told

And suddenly the notion 

comes like a bullet train

A random catalogue

that makes you older and insane

It used to come in magazines 

or leaflets on their own

Of wonderfully random things

to help you in your home

And flicking through the pages

oh yes, you're now aware

That what was missing from you life

was an arm tray for your chair

Ooh look at all the pretty stuff

 I thought I would not need

A flashing welcome garden gnome

A tool for pulling weeds

An organiser spinning thing

for kitchen herbs and tins

Oh look at this, whoever knew!

Pretty stickers for your bins.

I never thought new tea towels 

would give me such delight

Or that I need a toilet seat

that has a built in light

I love these fangled gizmos 

Now I'm really of that stage

where I'm looking at the catalogue 

for products for old age.