I Don’T Like Getting Old

By Carol Lynn Lustgarten

This book encompasses many parts of life that some people experience, moving memories of time's past, depression, having been robbed, hope for a better year, being played, thoughts on a train ride, confronting the past, hope, examining oneself, and things you can't help in life.

Wanting someone to choose you and someone not to forget you. It's a Thunderstorm in Albany and Still Lost in America.

Communicating what you want and with conviction, the poem, says clear and loud, Dont Lie to Me.

But mostly, it's confronting age, I don't like getting old.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Aug 13, 2015
• ISBN: 9781504910682

Carol Lynn Lustgarten

Carol Lynn Lustgarten has been writing on and off for over forty years. She is a self-published author. She self-published nine books of poetry in Boston and one in New York. And two other books have been published. Carol is a writer, poet, and an artist. She lives in New York City.

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Published by AuthorHouse 08/13/2015

ISBN: 978-1-5049-1067-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5049-1068-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015910169

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Table of Contents

Lost in Movies, Memories and Lost Time

New Year’s Resolutions

The Last Day of the Year

I think I’m going to like January

Things You Can’t Help in Life

Something Good

Choose Me

I Got Played

You Inspire Me

Depression

Too Dead

4:19 a.m.

The ABC’s for Adult’s

Surrounded by Books

No Heroes

Mr. H. H. Hallenwell

Days Dance

Departure

Don’t Forget About Me

Robbed

Don’t Lie to Me

Cool Things to do & Not Do After 55;

Came to Confront

Train Ride

Thunderstorm in Albany

June

What do You Want?

Still Lost in America

Success

Cold February Letter

Can You Show me?

Laugh

I must be Crazy

It’s Time to Stop Acting Like a Teenager and Grow UP!!!

Report Card on Self

I Don’t Like Getting

Old

by

Carol Lynn Lustgarten

© copyright 2015 by Carol Lynn Lustgarten

This book is

dedicated in memory of my best friend, Beth Fine Kaplan who passed away at age 41 in 1998.

         She will never be forgotten and always remembered! We grew up together, went to High School together and had the best of times and the most memorable of times; our Bat Mitzvah, our babysitting business, the times and adventures with the East Meadow Boys, working on our vacations at the Raleigh Hotel in Upstate N.Y., volunteer work, concerts at the Nassau Coliseum, the Marx Brothers Movies, going into New York City, getting into trouble, getting punished, visiting each other in college, everything, you are my inspiration!!!

I will never forget you and I miss you always!!

I would also like to dedicate this book to my special aunt, Aunt Evie who passed away last year at age 90, to my brother Howard, to my mother, Rhea and to my father, David. I miss you all! L’chaim and Shalom.

© copyright 2015 Carol Lynn Lustgarten

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Me, Beth, Karen

Carolyn’s Sweet 16 Party

North Bellmore, N.Y.

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Me and Brian

My Brother’s Roomate from College, Texas

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Ros, Me, Carolyn

Carolyn’s Sweet 16 Party

North Bellmore, N.Y.

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Jay’s Bar Mitzvah Celebration

Florida

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Beth

Boulder, Colorado

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Carol + Beth

Plattsburgh, N.Y.

(college)

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