Aging is not uniform, scientists have found
This to me is a revelation profound
At two specific ages, people experience
Accelerated effects of senescence
Since near one of those ages I happen to be
Can I blame my issues on an aging machinery?
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Slower metabolism, greater intolerance
I now witness to excessive indulgence
Less calories and more sleep I need
I retain less than a tenth of what I read
Aching joints tell me something is altered in me
I am on the fast track to aging evidently..
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Once I get through this year I should achieve
A steady state, if the study I were to believe
Until the second wave of aging comes my way
But that one is a decade and a half away
I think it is time for me to not disregard
My body’s signals- or else aging might hit me hard
Let me try to slow down just a bit to keep pace
With my “aging” body and find a comfortable place
Between the Epicurean delights of youth
And of the twilight years’ chaste pursuits
Passion...unbridled 