Fancies

Fancies

by

S B Borgersen

There are times in a young man’s life

when his fancies turn to sailing away.

There are times in a young girl’s life

when she pleads with him not to go.

There are times in a middle-aged man’s life

when he wants to sit in the ‘potting shed’ all day with the newspaper and his pipe.

There are times in a middle-aged woman’s life

when she’s quite glad about that, actually.

There are times in an old man’s life

when his fancies return to the fancies of his youth, and he wishes he’d sailed away.

There are times in an old woman’s life

when she’s just about had enough off all this chopping and changing and just wants them all, young, middle-aged, old, it doesn't matter a jot, to follow their fancies, go away and leave her in peace with her cuppa, her cat Smokey, a box of Black Magic and Lark Rise on the telly.

151 words

7th April 2011

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