โ Scribed by Judith Viorst
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
What does it mean to be eighty? In her wise and playful poems, Judith Viorst discusses marriage, friendship, grand parenthood, and all the particular marvels and otherwiseof this extraordinary decade. She describes the wonder of seeing the world with new eyesnot because of revelation but because of a successful cataract operation. She promises not to gently fade away, and not to drive after daylights faded away either. She explains how shes gotten to be a "three-desserts" grandmother ("Just dont tell your mom!"), shares how memory failure can keep you married, and enumerates her hopes for the afterlife (which she doesnt believe in, but if it does exist, her sister-in-law better not be there with her).
As Viorst gleefully attests, eighty is not too old to dream, to flirt, to drink, and to dance. Its also not too late to give up being cheap or to take up with a younger man of seventy-eight. Zesty, hopeful, and full of the pleasures of living, Viorsts poems speak...
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