NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN

CLARENCE WAS CAUTIOUS ALL OF HIS LIFE.
NOT ONE TO EVER TEMPT FATE.
THEN ON HIS BIRTHDAY HIS FRIENDS SANG A SONG.
HAPPY TWO-HUNDRED AND EIGHT.

"ME?" CRIED CLARENCE, "TWO-HUNDRED AND EIGHT?  
HOW CAN THAT POSSIBLY BE?
WASN'T THAT BIRTHDAY I HAD JUST LAST YEAR
THE ONE WHERE I TURNED THIRTY-THREE?

THERE'RE ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO DO. 
TAP DANCE, PLAY TUBA, AND SKATE.
I JUST DIDN'T NOTICE MY BEARD TURNING GRAY.
WHY...OH...WHY DID I WAIT?"

HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!  I'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE.
CLARENCE, C'MON...LET'S BE STRAIGHT.
YOU SAID THAT SAME THING...SOME TIME AGO,
I THINK YOU'D JUST TURNED ONE-O-EIGHT.

WHY DON'T YOU SAY, "TODAY IS THE DAY!"
TAKE A CHANCE!  LIVE IT UP!  IT FEELS GREAT!
THERE'S NO TIME TO STALL...IT'S OKAY TO FALL.
DO IT...IT'S NEVER TOO LATE!

Dale Hale