What a thrill to be alive
And turn fifty-five
Today you can be
A member of AARP

And make your mark
At the senior mobile home park
Saving all your pennies
With a free meal at Dennys

This you will refuse
To hang up your shoes
Staying in the race
Keeping up the pace

Making future plans
Travel to distant lands
Maybe go back to Panama
With all that extra stamina

But the work that you do
For Ma and others too
Is character true and kind
Like gold that’s been refined

You think of others
Your sister and brothers
And their sons and daughters
Including us fathers

I’ll give it to you straight
On your birth date
You have only a clue
Of your great worth and value

Happy Birthday Wendy!