Ready For Forty

Put an epee in my hand

Place me behind the wheel of a 1975 Lincoln Continental

Drop me into a kayak

Set me up on the starting line of a marathon

Teach me how to play Australian Rules Football

Give me some instruction in how to use that guitar that is sitting in my closet

But first

Let me get my compression stocking on

Take my acid reflux medicine

Ice my sore shoulder

Knee

Hip and

Wrist

Take a hit or two off my inhaler

Do the stretches suggested by my physical therapist and

Have my wife check the calendar