Just a Jiffy

Over the hill, they said

When I hit fifty

My lips’re no longer red

Hands shifty

Friends no longer called

The neighbour just frowns

My students no longer enthralled

Even my garden had only browns

Is turning fifty that bad

Such a question made me sad

Didn’t anyone tell you, kiddos

Develop personality, not egos

Do you know what I am?

A library of stuff called wisdom

No college gonna teach you, Pam

All you learn now is just dumb

AI is the game of the day

Machine Learning rocks they say

So, my dear Pam, while you go digital

Learn about life, even if a little

Hitting fifty is really a feat

Though the tummy stops you seeing your feet

It sags everywhere, oh, yes, indeed

But, Pam, we oldies can dance to the beat

Do you know John Travolta

He danced in Grease, what a star!

His derrière made us scream

Marrying him was every girl’s dream

There was Burt Reynolds the macho man

And Jim Carrey and his Mask

Remember Eddie Murphy, the funny man

Sundance Kid and his hip-flask?

Those were gems of yesteryear

Taught us to laugh and tear

We didn’t LOL and TTYL

Our words honest and very real

Mankind screwed himself over

Artificial Intelligence will be forever

One day when machines decide

Theirs will be rules to abide

You will be sad, my dear Pam

Life will seem like a scam

The oldies lived as we wanted

Then watch your lives be stunted

All we ask is a little warmth

And a pretty smile put forth

It’s easy to please an oldie

And everyone turned over fifty

So while you chase the thing called AI

Do look at us when we pass by

The wisdom and knowledge we carry

Will save your lives someday, probably

We are parents, grands and great grands

You learnt walking holding our hands

As we turn fifty, the hand shifty

Spare us a moment or just a jiffy

When our souls leave to the Creator

Deep in our hearts

We know we couldn’t be happier!