The Oldie

Keep on taking the right tablets

I have seen the future – and it is old age.

The number of those more than 65 years old is growing, both absolutely and relatively. I can hardly disguise from myself any longer the fact that I joined this number some time ago, although true or real old age recedes like a mirage in the desert as one moves towards it.

I used to

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