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That shrinking feeling.

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I found as I got older,

My height began to drop.

I'm shrinking very slowly.

When is it going to stop?

Maybe when I get too short

And can no longer roam.

I'll get a situation,

As a garden gnome.

I'm not too keen on fishing,

So I don't fancy that.

Perhaps I'll just be Happy,

And wear a funny hat.

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Hacienda profile image
Hacienda

Don't know about you Shrinking my Dwarf friend, You mind is large though for all these Wonderful Poems your Dishing out, Well Done Mr Happy. xxxxxx

in reply to Hacienda

Reading them is not obligatory. 😉

Pantani profile image
Pantani in reply to

It is compulsory for the Don-Rhymer afficianados😎

in reply to Pantani

Right, I'll get the whip out. 😂

majji profile image
majji in reply to

Kinky?

in reply to majji

I didn't mean the one with the spiked iron ball at the end of it. 😉

majji profile image
majji in reply to

Drat!

HungryHufflepuff profile image
HungryHufflepuff

I haven’t started shrinking yet but I stopped growing upward when I was about 12. Now I’m growing outward ⛄️

Tilantoe profile image
Tilantoe

I think Mr happy suits you. You certainly make s lot of us on hear happy😊. I am shrinking too. But, what's smaller than a dwarf? Cos, that's what I am be coming lol

sassy59 profile image
sassy59

If you’re happy Don then so am I. Xxxx

in reply to sassy59

I would be even happier to hear some good news about Pete. 😘

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sassy59 in reply to

He’s doing better and may be home next Wednesday. Keeping everything crossed. Xxxx

in reply to sassy59

Now I'm happier.😃 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞xx

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sassy59 in reply to

Good, me too. Xxx 😀👍💖😘

Tilantoe profile image
Tilantoe in reply to sassy59

I am happier too. So glad pete is on.the mend. Keeping everything crossed for Wednesday.🤞🤞🤞🤞

sassy59 profile image
sassy59 in reply to Tilantoe

Thank you Tilantoe. Xxx 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

HungryHufflepuff profile image
HungryHufflepuff in reply to sassy59

Me too, I’m so happy to hear this wonderful news. You’re both in my thoughts and prayers and I’ll be thinking of you especially on Wednesday 💐

sassy59 profile image
sassy59 in reply to HungryHufflepuff

Bless you HH. Xxxx

Kittykat2 profile image
Kittykat2

Thats me shrinking height and width too 👍🏻😬

SORRELHIPPO profile image
SORRELHIPPO

I have shrunk from 5ft 2" to 4ft 11", still loosing, however, I now say that the reason I have a big tummy, is not too much chocolate, but as my spine has shrunk, there is less room under the ribs, so I am bound to have a big tummy!! Love your rhymes.

Caspiana profile image
Caspiana

Oh Don. I am shrinking too!! 😂

in reply to Caspiana

I'll be seeking accommodation in your English Lane if it carries on! 😂

Caspiana profile image
Caspiana in reply to

Hahahahaha. 😊

JANET127 profile image
JANET127

What a brain you have! AWESOME POETRY!

Katinka46 profile image
Katinka46

It happens to us all. I give the medics my height I was when much younger because it places me just within the BMI “normal” range. If I own up to the drop in height I’m overweight. Hmmm....

Kate xx

in reply to Katinka46

I'm not overweight, I'm just undertall ! 😊

Whitechinchilla profile image
Whitechinchilla in reply to Katinka46

I had the exact same problem. Told by a hospital nurse that I was overweight so though I weigh less than I did 20 yers ago my shrinkage put me in the obese category! Doubt I will ever recover from that!!!

SORRELHIPPO profile image
SORRELHIPPO in reply to Whitechinchilla

Have a friend 5ft 5" size 8 (I hate her) If she goes into hospital they imply she is anorexic, her practice nurse told her she was obese, something to do with not having a cleavage, just straight up, seemingly your waist has to be smaller than something for you to be OK!!!!!!

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Whitechinchilla in reply to SORRELHIPPO

I’m not going to fight the things I can’t change.

I never had a waist so there seems little point at my time of life in worrying about it now.

It’s whats inside that counts eh?

Jim_had profile image
Jim_had

sorry but you will just have to be a little patient.

in reply to Jim_had

He he! Very subtle.

Izb1 profile image
Izb1

What a nice way to start my Sunday , with a good poem from our Don, and I think Mr Happy suits you, what an imagination you have. And as Pantani says it is compulsory to read your poems. Xx

robert1957 profile image
robert1957

very good 😊 Don why don't you put all your poems in a book could be a nice wee earner.

in reply to robert1957

My sole aim is to try and cheer up people who are suffering from lung associated problems, Robert. I never lock my posts so anybody can read them.

HungryHufflepuff profile image
HungryHufflepuff in reply to

That’s a very generous attitude. You certainly do cheer us up. Thank you 👍

in reply to HungryHufflepuff

I’m pleased to read that. To be honest, I doubt such a book would sell anyway. 😉

HungryHufflepuff profile image
HungryHufflepuff in reply to

I think you’d be surprised...

robert1957 profile image
robert1957 in reply to

I would buy it

in reply to robert1957

Read the poems on here for free,

Then buy yourself a pint off me. 😉

robert1957 profile image
robert1957 in reply to

lol

majji profile image
majji in reply to

If only I drank!

robert1957 profile image
robert1957 in reply to

very kind of you to share

Whitechinchilla profile image
Whitechinchilla in reply to robert1957

Brilliant idea

johnboy_10 profile image
johnboy_10

wonderful, I'll be Happy too

MoyB profile image
MoyB

Haha! I'm shrinking too, Don. My granddaughter thinks it's hilarious that I now ask her to get things out of high cupboards for me. She doesn't seem to realise that she's getting taller - thinks I'm getting smaller! Well I am a bit but not as much as she thinks. I don't think I fancy sitting on a toadstool every day. I'll have to think of something else to be other than a gnome. xx Moy

Shirleyj profile image
Shirleyj

😄😄😄

Whitechinchilla profile image
Whitechinchilla

Brilliant as always.

jmsutt73 profile image
jmsutt73

Haven't posted so until now, but I so enjoy your poems,.. When I heard at a early age of persons shrinking, I said that would be adding insult to injury in my case, as my tallest height was 5ft 1.5 in.. It happened, lost the 1.5 in.. Have lost no more, thanks to discovering a Vit D3 deficit and correcting that... "A good laugh is the best medicine!" Thanks!

robert1957 profile image
robert1957 in reply to jmsutt73

hello jmsutt73 how did you find out about vitamin D3

jmsutt73 profile image
jmsutt73 in reply to robert1957

Doctor suggested testing Vitamin D levels. Had been experiencing shoulder pain. I also had shrunk 1.5 inches over a couple of years. Have been taking 5000 in. Daily for a year and a half. No more pain, no more shrinkage. Where I live, sun is not dependable for half of year, and at my advanced age I don't sit in sun. J

robert1957 profile image
robert1957 in reply to jmsutt73

thankyou for your replay I also take d3 k 2 and magnesium citrate at the moment I have no pain asthma calmed down ie no hospital stays so thankyou again

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jmsutt73 in reply to robert1957

Since I began taking those same supplements, D3, K2,and Magnesium Citrate, I have had only one head/chest congestion event. Along with a decent diet, I believe these plus B-Complex, and Potassium, and a good probiotic have helped keep the dreaded exacerbation at bay. I took ubiquinol 400 mg. daily for over a year, but had to stop due to the side effect of pain in upper right abdomen. The main benefit from the Ubiquinol that I experienced Was a huge improvement in vision. I had been hopeful that it would stop my oxygen drops. It didn't, but the benefits that I did see would have made the expense worth it if not for that side effect. Wishing you continued good health. J

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robert1957 in reply to jmsutt73

Thank you and goodluck

nottowell profile image
nottowell

I toi

nottowell profile image
nottowell

I toi

in reply to nottowell

U 2?

majji profile image
majji in reply to

I prefer UB40 . . . .

in reply to majji

With my joints WD40. 🙄

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majji in reply to

Shame it doesn't come as a rub on ......

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