Los Angeles
Waterfront Street Car
July 17, 2004
Bill Volkmer photo
When I am an old woman I
shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't
go and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension
on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say
we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the
pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in
shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the
public railings
And make up for the sobriety
of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers
in the rain
And pick the flowers in
other people's gardens . . .
But maybe I ought to practice
a little now?
So people who know me are
not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old,
and start to wear purple.
Jenny Joseph-1961
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