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I'd like a membership to this club

but I can't apply - and here's the rub

although this thought fills my mind

I cannot join - I'd be declined

I think about it every day

this club helps keep 'the blues' away

I'm not quite sure what type I'd be

there are so many types I see

some garden, planting things to grow

blooms they exhibit in a show

the active ones give golf a try! 

do something new - sail or fly!

some head to the dump with daily runs

take all the clutter their partner shuns

some wash their cars and polish them too

meticulously - like they never used to do!

I'm sure some of them must get bored 

missing the things they once adored

but your house might be in disrepair 

sheds full of rubbish - junk everywhere 

a garden like a jungle you can't see its end

fences waiting for you to mend

but what do you do when everything's complete

your garden, the shed, it's all looking neat!

yes the lawn will need a trim

a weed and an edge, 

a water, 

or a strim

but you've got seven days a week to fill

if you can't fill them, I know who will!

that said I can't wait I'd be inspired!

I've lots I want to do - when I'm retired!

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