Old Man Dead - A Children's Poem Do children carry their teasing joke with an old man too far?
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By R. Renée Bembry
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Children find it naturally funny to tease older people and to discuss them as if they were a thousand years old. This bald head man with a few stray hairs sticking out on his old head extends his arms in protest against youthful teasing. His mouth spreads wide open while he shakes his head in dismissal of the children's joke. Perhaps, times arrive wherein childhood bantering toward the elderly may go a mite too far. Maybe that is what happens in this kids' poem, as children joke with this unsuspecting old man.... You be the judge...
Old Man Dead
by R. Renée Bembry
I was sitting at the park
One bright sun shiny day
When three young boys
Walked up to me
And asked if I would play
Said I, "I'm rather old you see
My legs are stiff not limber
My arms are tight
My muscles ache
My bones crack and they hinder
I cannot yell
I have no voice
You must select
A better choice
For who's to play your game with you
Perhaps someone with energy"
The boys giggled before they sighed
Then laughed so hard
I thought they'd cry
At last they stopped and said to me
"That makes you perfect, Mr. C
In this here new game
'Old Man Dead'
You're ideal for the corpse we dread
Go over there beneath the trees
Lie down and then try not to breathe."
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