Bath Tub Blues

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Maybe I’ll run on like a rolling stone,
Still going into my 80s.

When my Pappa was getting his bus pass.
Maybe I’ll be more like,

A fat guy in the bathtub.
Thinking he is having the last laugh.

Either way,
I’m going to take this moment.
Take this day.

And live it.

© Paul Andrew Sneddon

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