Mortality

Today's request comes from Michael of Durham; he's after three brief sketches based around the theme of 'awareness of mortality'. Sure, Michael, it'd be a pleasure. Thanks for the donations, and keep them requests a-coming. Here ya go...

1.

Age
Is just a number
Wrinkles
Nothing more
Than a good Scrabble word
Diminishing physical ability
The result of pure laziness
And middle-aged spread
Merely a temporary condition
Soon dispatched
With a week or two’s exercise

Age is just a number
So say the young
And those in denial

2.

The caged animal
Makes a break for it
Flees to the savanna
Frolics a while
And then realises:
He's still in the cage
He never got out
He never made it
ANYWHERE

The cage is
Human Existence
How to escape that?

3.

You know who was lucky?
Jesus
Imagine how wonderful
To know the time of your exit
To live
All the years of your youth
Truly free from thoughts of
Career
Pension
Family
Building a nest egg
Old age
Sickness
And dementia
To laugh with
Full confidence
Whenever someone said
“You’re gonna have to settle down
At some point”