How to age like an artist

I intend to age like an artist.

Long grey hair winding down my spine; sculpting with my hands rather than someone else sculpting my face.

I will be prim and proper at times: no elbows on the table; swallowing my food before I speak.

And improper, too: loudly debating feminism and philosophy, as food sprays obscenely from my mouth.

I will gather more and mo…