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Poetry: Coming of age

NEVER BETTER!
A Rhyming Blow at the Big Four-Oh!

We walk and run and bike and swim.
We work out hard and come home thin.
At forty-plus, we're going strong
With healthy diets, all day long.

We haven't crept over the hill.
In fact, we know we're got it still.
Approaching fifty, we're no fear;
We're only starting to get it in gear!

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