Warning                     

 When I am an old woman I shall wear purple

 With a red hat which doesn't go

 And doesn't suit me

 And I shall spend my pension

 On brandy and summer gloves and satin sandals

 And say we've no money for butter.

 I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired

 And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells

 And run my stick along the public railings

And make up for the sobriety of my youth

 I shall go out on my slippers in the rain

 And pick flowers in other peoples gardens

 And learn to spit.   

Jenny Joseph.