What Happens?

What happens?
How does it work - how can it be?
How do we go from a sparkly eyed teenager - straight A's
apple of our fathers eye
'ice creams and pony-tails'
big plans to take over the world
innocence personified!

...then 
...imperceptibly 
...we turn into 
a down at heal
down in the dumps
overweight
mid fourties
twice divorced
4 kids
4 cans of fosters and a quarter bottle of vodka - sort of person

...20 Benson's 
and yet another lighter 
"cos your life's a mess and you can't find the other 
million lighters you've bought previously - sort of person

...going to the shops in our dressing gowns
a pasty and packet of crisps for the only meal of the day - sort of person!

...and all that in just 25 years!

What happens?

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