Friends on Facebook have been discussing the ways in which we become somewhat invisible as we age. I’d written a post about this idea a few months back, https://nananoyz5forme.com/2017/06/07/the-invisible-woman/,
but the phrase Invisible Woman made me think of The Guess Who classic hit, American Woman, and once I had that thought in my head I needed to run with it. Please forgive me!
Invisible Woman
Invisible Woman ain’t no big deal
Invisible Woman, she ain’t all that real
Invisible Woman, ain’t no big deal
Invisible Woman, she ain’t all that real.
Say I,
Say N,
Say V,
Say I,
Say S,
Say I,
Say B,
Say L, Say E
Invisible Woman ain’t worth your time
Invisible Woman won’t tip a dime
Invisible woman ain’t worth your time
Invisible woman, can’t hear what you say
Can’t see you sittin’ on that stool
Won’t save you from drowning in a pool
Younger girls have caught my eye
Even though I’m a real old guy
Now woman, just fade away,
Invisible woman, you won’t get no play.
Invisible woman, past prime and done
Don‘t bother trying to order beer
We’d rather serve the young chicks here
Your wrinkles cause me to ignore
Everything about you bores
Praying for Eyebrowz 
I adore this. I remember when my mother turned sixty and said she was so happy that she was finally “invisible”, and she’d trade it any day over being catcalled in the street and groped by bosses!
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Well, I only got catcalled a couple of times, and groped by a boss just once. I sure don’t want to go back to those days, but I don’t want to wait in vain at cafe tables while everyone around me gets served.
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Oh, and the picture is of Star Baby! One of my favorites!!! They have quite a few I like actually, like Orly and Clap for the Wolfman. Great memories!
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That’s really very poignant and oh so horribly true. Well captured, misses, well captured indeed.
-Esme nodding and pouring them both a drink first at the bar upon the Cloud
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I needed that drink! Thanks!
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Leslie, you would never be invisible . Fly the God damned flag… Hell, I still get served anywhere I go.. I guess they reckon, THAT one is a troublemaker …
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😊
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Absolutely agree, but sometimes I like being invisible. It has its perks too.
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It does, but not when I’m hungry!
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I would hate it too.
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