"Fuck Being Eighty-Six Years Old" Judi Dench, The Guardian. 1/22/21

She thinks of herself

taller, younger, thinner,

and still a beginner, 

a doer, desiring to play

parts that are risque,

even a wee bit menacing.

Neither being the crone 

nor known as a national treasure

gives her pleasure.

                  Nancy Harris McLelland

I wrote this poem after reading an interview with Dame Judi Dench in The Guardian, during the midst of covid isolation.  I was inspired by her attitude!