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Peter Pan Jaded

“Sorry!” interrupted Peter,

his pangs of guilt changing

to irritation tinged with

self-pity”—Ridley Pearson,

Dave Barry, Peter and the

Shadow Thieves

“You know, of course”—

Young Peter Pan said to me

“I’m a hundred years old!!!”

I was simply shocked—

I’d never thought of it that

Way, Peter as a “Wrinkly”

He’d always seemed Eternal—

Ever since Miss Barrie had

Created the Flying Boy

“You only see me,” he said—

“Like some Walt Disney cartoon

A Hollywood Chicken forever”

It’s true, so very true—

Peter Pan didn’t need any

Face lifts for Eternal Youth

Beauty was just skin-deep—

While being Old and Jaded

Went all the way to the Bone!!!