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Silver-Haired Senryu 2: Eat until you're 80% full, the remaining 20% is for medicine

Silver-Haired Senryu 2: Eat until you're 80% full, the remaining 20% is for medicine

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"Silver-haired" refers to the elderly; "senryu" is a traditional Japanese short poem where anything can be written as long as it adheres to the "5, 7, 5" syllable structure!
  Silver-Haired Senryu? It's a collection of humorous, lighthearted poems describing the various aspects of daily life in old age, ranging from complaining about spouses and physical ailments to their defiant spirit against aging—nothing is off-limits!
 
  ▲My great-grandchild asked if I had seen dinosaurs when I was young.
  ▲After taking out my dentures, my grandchild told me to take out my eyes next?
  ▲My spouse is choosing pretty underwear just for a health check-up!
  ▲Praised for having beautiful and distinctive handwriting, but it's actually just my hands trembling...
  
  Tens of thousands of discussions on Threads and Instagram, over a million copies sold in Japan.
  The elderly turn their daily lives into poetry, the second volume of a tear-jerking yet humorous collection of poems about old age.
 
  ●Retirement life is anything but peaceful, the grandchildren always stir up trouble!
  "My grandchild praised me / saying the wrinkles in my brain / have all migrated to my face."
  "My senior welfare money / went straight / into my grandchild's pocket."
  "Watch your step! / Grandma warned her grandchild / then tripped herself."
 
  ●Grandpas and grandmas are richer than you, and also more jaded!
  "Today again / I opened my outdoor awning / to tell everyone I'm still alive."
  "Now that I'm old / rather than reading the room / I'd rather read Buddhist scriptures."
  "Lived too long / warned by government agencies / not to overdo it."

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