Old Men

 

 

Old Men

 

                    Ogden Nash(1902 - 1971)

 

People expect old men to die,

They do not really mourn old men.

Old men are different. People look

At them with eyes that wonder when..

People watch with unshocked eyes;

But the old men know when an old man dies.

 

* 영화 a late quartet에 삽입된 시인데, 그는 '완벽한 남편(The perfect Husband)'도 단 두줄로 정리하고 있다.