You can love an old man
You can love a cranky old fart
You don’t have to like all their ways
but you can still love the heart
You can love him like he’s an old drunk who shoots off his mouth
You can love him because you know he’s out of touch
You can love him because his life has been different than yours
You can love him for all the things he lacks
You don’t have to excuse everything he does
You don’t have to look away from everything he says just because of who he is
You don’t have to ignore the things he has said
You can hold him accountable for the things
You can help him improve
You can love the person he is because he is still a person
You can love him for what good he has done in his lifetime
You can love him like a ludicrous product from a crazy world
You can understand that life taught him lessons we have not had the experience to learn
You can acknowledge that he may have been exempt from learning many of life’s best lessons
You can love an old man no matter how belligerent or angry
You can love an old malcontent not for the mal but because of the content
You can give him a break for being wrong
You can love him for his mistakes
You can love an old man because somewhere deep down we all are good
You can give him the chance to be better
You can love an old man
You can love a cranky old fart
but don’t make him president
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