Text A Miss Brill（第4页）

Youthisfleeti’sgoing!

Eaewdaybriwinges，

Tomybes。

&herearetheseniorlapses

Whenmyoldbrain’stiredsynapses

Doall，orfireaskew。

（Whoisthatguy?Andwhoareyou?）

There’snowaythatI，

Sesingoften。

Mybody，brainandmindarelosing，

&ingoldisnotamusing!

YoumaylaughwhileIamg，

Butyou’llseeastimegoesflying，

Oldagecreepsupuing

&’syouwho’llbelamenting，

“WasInotyouerday?

Withoutasignray?”

Soonyou’llfiey。

Wrinkles，linesandsignsofaging!

&heringing，buzzing，

Whenyourbrain’smisfiring，fuzzing，

Whendis-funsstartappearing，

（No，it’snotjustsightandhearing!）

Whenyhtlystepisslowing

Whenyourboing

&’sYOUwho’slosing，losing，

Willyoufindoldageamusing?

&ionsfordis。

1）Whatisthepoemabout?

2）Whatarethesymptomsofgettingold?

3）What’stheauthor’sattitudetettingold?

4）Doyouagreewiththeauthor?Whatisyourattitudetettingold?

4。Writing。

Haveyinedalifewhenyouareold?Describealifeyoudreamofafteryouretirefromwork。

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