The guys downtown were having a laugh:
“A woman’s beauty ends at 47 and a half.”
One guy was saying he would divorce his wife
On her 47th birthday unless she chose the knife.
One said: “What if she’s beautiful within?” The men
Looked at each other. Then laughed again.
The women agreed: A guy must be extremely funny
Or have a low sex drive and lots of money.
One woman said she loved a poet, and he
Courted her constantly.
The women grew silent. They sighed.
“Is he young?” “Of course. And he was young when he died.”