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Mother 2000
By Merna Popper
Copyright 2000 Merna Popper
A poem about the writer's mother getting older.

Right here folks
A century old
Not quite 100
88 - maybe 89
Close enough I say
Antique to be sure
Parts still sturdy
Some good action here
Needs tuning
You would too
75 do I hear 80?
80, 80 do I hear 85
85? 90!
Any advance of 85?
Plenty of mileage left
I've got 85, 85, 85
And 86 I got 86
Still worth something
Do I hear 87?
87 - I got 87
Now 88 and stilll goin' strong
Do I hear 89?
89, do I hear 90
90?
Any advance of 90
Still a good old piece of America
Do I hear 90?
Going at 89?
Going Once
Going Twice
Going
Going . . . .