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Rationalizing Age opus 319

5 March 2024 1050 Hours Aging, Anatomy, Biology, Disability, Family, Medical
While chatting on the phone with my son, Pierre, today,
I mentioned my continual, 'gentle', consistent pain
In my somewhat unsuccessful hip replacement.
I told him that at 82, to endure this
'Inconvenience' with my ambulation,
I just rationalize, and tell myself quietly,--
'I am only pretending that I am simply old!'