I know that reaching ninety-five
Can be a really big surprise!
But you have done it and survived,
And now are given one big prize:
You ask “What is it?”, I surmise.
I see a question in your eyes.
So now I’ll tell you, please don’t rise,
A bunch of years to utilize!
(September 2004)
(To Wilma Davis on the occasion of her 95th birthday.)