Ageing Never Takes Any Respite Poem by Mark Heathcote

Ageing has such cruelty
catlike claws
crow's feet wrinkles
how the ladies abhor.
But some men age well
their lines define them
growing grey even suits them:

Many ladies admire them
envy their rugged good looks
and carefree ways, unkempt hair.
Some peacocks are quite debonair
go unshaven without care.
But ageing is a spiteful foe
unhurried in some
but in others, such ease of flow,
don't-you-know?

It's vindictiveness
Never stops!
Ageing never takes any respite
don't matter what's in a Renaissance
you might as well give up the fight
you can't-beat-it ladies, try as you might.