Today my friend Marie and I

Agreed there are things

We are too old to bother with.

Long haul flights without a break;

Justifying our taste in music, books or food;

Putting together flat pack furniture;

Upsizing or downsizing our houses.

Today my friend Marie and I

Somewhat disagreed about

Things we are not too old

To bother about.

Going to a Third World Country;

Stuffing a mushroom;

Making puff pastry from scratch;

Getting another dog.

Sometimes my friend Marie and I

Discuss our funerals.

I want to leave a video

And tell everyone off.

She thinks that's stupid.

I say then they won't mourn

and it will be a happy wake.

She says Good

The least they can do is cry.

We agree there has to be dancing.

I want Abba and Dancing Queen.

She wants proper ballroom and Latin..

Marie dances much better than

I do.

We agree that our funerals will

have good food and old friends

It's too bad, we agree,

That only one of us

will go.