Outsmarting The Grim Reaper!

As an 81 year young Grandma, my goal is to outlive anyone who's ever bugged me. It's a long list, so I plan to be around for a very long time!! Grandma Bea

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outsmarting the Grim Reaper

 

Every morning when I awake

And reach for my paper and coffee cake

I check to see if my name appears

Trying to quell my deepest fears

That this might be the very day

When the old grim reaper has his way

It’s really a little game we play!

 

He’s trying to catch me unawares

I don’t think that he really cares

When it will be as long

As he can say he’s won!

The game is over…so long…it’s done

But I must outwit his nefarious scheme

For it has always been my dream

To live as long as my enemies do

Longer is better, from my point of view!

 

So I eat my veggies, drink my milk

Cream my face till it’s smooth as silk

When I drink my wine, I never drive

Insuring I will arrive home alive

I watch my weight, walk a mile a day

And watch out for cars along the way

I’ve followed the plan to a tee

But there is a problem that I see.

 

I’ve gotten too old to run and hide

As I feel my Bones rub together inside

So I’ve decided to lure him to bed

But with someone else lying there instead

Since love is blind, he will not see

The victim he smites is not me

The game is over…so long…it’s done

But he’ll never know…it is I who’s won!

 

Copyright©2007 Beatrice Boyle

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Author's Note

Critique invitied!

Reviews

[Seracies]

I loved the light, cheery mood that was perfectly potrayed. Truly well done with the witty message!

[Wildecat]

Grandma Bea, this is awesome, I totally enjoyed reading this poem. Well done.

[copperconan]

Hey I'm glad we met,, of course I'm not the grim reaper ,, you read my poem called In her prayers

I'm glad we have had a chance to trade some words of wit ,,, Seems to me that you are a very clever writer
by my reading how you out smarted the ole fox himself,, hey pretty good.
I notice your new here ,, so am I .. I also have a page on multiply .com
oh yeah before i close my avatar is actually copper I use to call him copper conan because of his fierceness as a little pup,, in how he whooped his little brother and sister , when they came over to have a ten week visit ..
well I need to pack up and move out for now , catch ya later
copperconan

[Anita B Jacques]

Very good, I love it, playing with the Grim Reaper. Thank you for the advices, for a Grandmother of 66. Good read. God Bless.

Anita