We hear it endlessly; the groans and tremors
of growing old, the peevish declaration
that it's not easy, getting old, coping with
all those mysterious aches and pains.
When a woman of a 'certain age' dares
dress with an air of flamboyance, noses
turn up condemning the inappropriateness
of age masquerading as youth even though
everyone over 40 dyes their hair and keeps
astride of latest fashions. Take, however
a centenarian familiar with flair and fashion
whose age is a marvel itself in celebrity status
shielding her gauche choices of apparel from
criticism, with fashion houses and cosmetics
firms quick to adopt her style as a symbol of
feminism flouting age-and-fashion conventions
overlooking gaudy in favour of verve in the
potential of a sales pitch to elderly women
whose subconscious confuses longevity and
admiration as an offshoot of fame and fashion.
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