Invisibility blues

Women over fifty complain

“I have become invisible

no man looks at me again

I don’t get requests or nibbles

I’m neglected like a stone

resting in forgotten rivers

I am destitute and alone

I shake and get the shivers”

    Invisibility blues

    you’re bleeped off-screen

    now stomach the bad news

    you will never more be seen

    as an object of desire

    you are left here in the mire

    of invisibility’s blues

    what a painful truth

Men over fifty might find

that they end up just the same

unless they’re rich and resigned

to be chosen for their fame

personality’s no plus

blocks up human interest

the fashion pages that’s not us

and old age is just not blessed

       refr.

                 And we drink

                 and moan and mumble

                 they say we stink

                 and then we stumble

                 home alone

                 and turn to stone

19/4/12