My younger days by Maya Angelou

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My Younger Days by Maya Angelou

When I was in my younger days,
I weighed a few pounds less,
I needn't hold my tummy in
to wear a belted dress.


But now that I am older,
I've set my body free;
There's comfort of elastic
Where once my waist would be.


Inventor of those high-heeled shoes
My feet have not forgiven;
I have to wear a nine now,
But I used to wear a seven.


And how about those pantyhose-
They're sized by weight, you see.
So how come when I put them on,
The crotch is at my knees?


I need to wear these glasses
As the prints were getting smaller;
And it wasn't very long ago
I know that I was taller.


Though my hair has turned to silver
and my skin no longer fits,
On the inside, I'm the same old me,
Just the outside's changed a bit.