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Invisible

Posted by John White on 2/3/2026, 9:02 pm

When you reach the age of seventy
It really is a special day
For you then become invisible
And treated in a different way

You'll be ignored in bars and cafes
Boycotted in boutiques
Fobbed off by snooty salesmen
As they sneer down their beaks

Be prepared for humiliation
And blanked wherever you roam
The only place you’re recognised
Is when you arrive back home

In this modern world
Where youth is prized
Old age is dismissed
The easiest solution
Is to pretend we don’t exist !

Re: Invisible

Posted by Malcolm on 2/3/2026, 9:19 pm, in reply to "Invisible"

Wow, John, that is quiet a different slant to your normal poetry...which is normally so positive, and incisive..

As I'm closing in on the "Big 70", I hope that I'm not "ignored in cafes & bars"....being an ex-landlord...

Re: Invisible

Posted by Maria Ratheram on 3/3/2026, 9:45 am, in reply to "Re: Invisible"

Morning I find just the opposite I am late seventies and find most people like a chat young and old .You may have to smile and speak first with a hello we went to Italy as couple of months ago spoke to so many people from across the world even had a chat and a handshake with Simon Calder who does the travel show for BBC he was there for work lovely people out there .

Re: Invisible

Posted by Carol in hampshire on 3/3/2026, 10:27 am, in reply to "Re: Invisible"

I agree with you Maria,in 2024 I fractured my femur and since I have used a rollator, the kindness of strangers towards me e has been absolutely wonderful, young people often ask if I need help if I sit down for a rest.
Only yesterday while in our local shop a lady carried our shopping to the car.

Re: Invisible

Posted by Maria Ratheram on 3/3/2026, 10:47 am, in reply to "Re: Invisible"

Hello Carol I agree a lot of kindness from the young ones.I appreciate as I get older. Take care Carol best wishes for a good recovery.

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