#poetical2incidental 10/1/24

Homage 

As we turn the page

To every life stage

There are many different types of age

With which we engage

Baby Age

Lack of meaningful verbiage

Makes the only meaningful message

Maximum damage through nappy leakage and bib spillage.

Built on rage over the gaga garbage

Coming at you from fools of every age.

Teenage

Life’s bumpy carriage hits a barrage

Of attitudes, platitudes and don’t get fattitudes

Where the key to life is a facebook homepage

And the courage not to be average.

While trying to constantly flex

Your leverage for influence and sex.

Coming of Age

The legal right of passage

To suffrage and alcoholic beverage. 

Putting out the message for career growthage

By maxing CV mileage and coverage. 

Seeking domestic anchorage you can only manage

With a hefty mortgage and a healthy wage.

Middle Age

Fighting creepage in your frontage

And baggage you didn’t envisage

Consuming roughage for the blockage in your passage

While looking to assuage the carnage of your first marriage

And the wreckage that shortage of trimmage

Does for your body image.

Retirement Age

Wrestling with the percentage of your pension package

As income shrinkage limits coinage usage

Using hobbyage, massage, bondage

To raise age-ility and arrest libido wastage

Old age

When you disparage all and sundry and disengage.

Through a fusion of sage and curmudgeonly rage

Seeking in your dotage that cosy cottage for potterage.

Suffering overdosage of nonsense haemorrhage

As your wattage fades and your mind wanders offstage.

But wait, take courage

Why let passing life be a disadvantage?

While age means a lot

In the end, it matters not one jot

If you can stand up proud, shake your booty

And simply be an ageless beauty.