Dusty posted: " Posted on February 21, 2022by Dusty To view more poems I have examined, click HERE. Crossing the Border by Ogden Nash Senescence beginsAnd middle-age endsThe day your descendantsOutnumber your friends. __________________" Dusty Reviews Read on blog or Reader Crossing the Border Dusty January 27 Posted on February 21, 2022by Dusty To view more poems I have examined, click HERE. Crossing the Border by Ogden Nash Senescence begins And middle-age ends The day your descendants Outnumber your friends. ______________________________ Ogden Nash is famous for his very short and very clever poetry. To help in the understanding of this piece, we need to know what "senescence" means.  senescence noun The condition of growing old, or of decaying by time; decadence. The state of growing old; decay by time. The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age. In four short lines, Nash's thoughtful and introspective poem provides a specific benchmark for when old age has been reached. His conclusion seems to me, to be generally true, though perhaps not specifically so in all cases. Just as human beings begin life surrounded almost exclusively by family, they usually end life in the same way. The older one gets, the fewer friends that he or she has. The ties one has with those who are younger are usually ties with family, rather than non-family.  I think some people could read this poem and come to realize they have prematurely crossed that border. If so, then maybe Nash is providing some motivation for some of his readers to go out and make friends while there is time to do so, and while one has a body that is able-enough to make the effort.  Comment

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