<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><div><b>“I Am Not Old”</b> by Nandita Shailesh Shanbhag</div><div><br></div><div>My eyes are fine; they are just printing words small.</div><div>I just use a walking stick to seem stately and tall.</div><div><br></div><div>Nothing is wrong with my sense of smell.</div><div>My ears are fine if you don't whisper but yell.</div><div><br></div><div>The wrinkles are just laugh lines; they will go away.</div><div>It is fashion that has turned my hair from black to grey.</div><div><br></div><div>It's the cold, not age that is stiffening my knees.</div><div>I like to hum as I walk; it's not a wheeze. </div><div><br></div><div>What extra kilos? My scale is broken down.</div><div>If I try, I can still fit into my wedding gown. </div><div><br></div><div>My bones don't creak; my shoes are new.</div><div>My memory is sharp. Oh, do I know you?</div></div><div><br></div>———————————————<br><br><div><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>