I wake every morning a little past noon;
I wipe off the cruft, sure don't smell like perfume.
The cats are all anxious, they want to be fed,
But all that I want is to go back to bed.
I'm alive, or at least I'm not dead.

And the kids call me codger, or grandpa, or gnome,
I'm glad I at least have a place to call home,
I wash off the sleep and the mold:
I know I got old,
I know that I'm old!

Cho.

(Spoken:) Ĉiuj homoj estas denaske liberaj kaj egalaj laŭ digno kaj rajtoj. Ili posedas racion kaj konsciencon, kaj devus konduti unu al alia en spirito de frateco.

Cho.

Written 15Mar2025 after completely mis-hearing a filk by Marc Grossman. Spoken is Article I of the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.“

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