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62 How Do You Do

Spyder Darling
2 min readSep 29, 2023

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Any birthday you make it to and wake up from was a good one

Photo: J.J. Shannon

Wait, I’m how old?

That simply just can’t be

I’m still just a kid

At heart anyway

But now old enough

To start collecting

Social security

Well, that’s fine by me

And that old guy in the mirror

On Zoom and in pictures

Pretending to be me

Anyway, who better than yours truly

To cash in on my longevity

And so begins

Another whirlwind lap

Around the sun

Nothing to do

But take it day by day

Nap by nap

Snack by snack

Beer by beer

See you next year

Hopefully

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Spyder Darling
Spyder Darling

Written by Spyder Darling

Writer, Rocker, Actor, Coach. Currently living and dining in NYC. Like my stuff? Why not buy me a "coffee" here. Cheers! https://buymeacoffee.com/spyderdarling

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