Old man at bar Poem?

I wonder if anyone has a link to the poem about an old man sitting at a bar critically commenting on a couple, a beautiful young girl sitting with another old man at the bar. Eventually at the end of the poem there is a twist as the man finds he was looking in a mirror all the time. I think the poem might have been written in Asia possibly Singapore but I could be totally off with that. It was posted on one of the Thai forums way back but I can't seem to find it searching. Sure would like to read it and see it posted here again for others to enjoy. Any ideas on the poem?

This one?

He must be twice her age at least
With mottled, wrinkled skin
His hair is dyed a bottle-black
His face is wintry thin.

Blue veins snake down his bone hands
Like roots of ancient trees
He wears a pair of checkered shorts
Above his scrawny knees.

The girl he's with is beautiful
Her shoulder-length black hair
Surrounds and frames her dark brown face
Her shoulders soft and bare.

He drinks his Mekhong whiskey down
And orders yet again
The girl he's with just sighs and sneaks
a smile at other men.

They sit in silence, the silly old man
And the girl who stole his heart
Someone should whisper in his ear
"Too many years apart!"

Someone should whisper in his ear
"Your girl is bored to death!
Your eyelids droop, your shoulders stoop
There's whiskey on your breath!"

Someone should whisper in his ear
That if he didn't pay
He might just find his lady love
Would soon be on her way.

He wallows in her loving gaze
So puppy-dog serene
Serenity for her of course
His ATM machine.

But he might whisper in our ears
"Well, don't you think I know?
I made my choice and so will you
With fewer years to go."

I'm not sure what to make of him
There is no guiding rule
I wonder if he could be both
A wise man and a fool.

He turns his head to pay the bill
And suddenly I see
It's a mirror on the wall
The silly old man is me.

http://www.evergreenreview.com/108/poem_barrett.html

That's it! Thanks so much, QC. Any name to it? Are there any different versions?

He must be twice her age at least
With mottled, wrinkled skin
His hair is dyed a bottle-black
His face is wintry thin.

Blue veins snake down his bone hands
Like roots of ancient trees
He wears a pair of checkered shorts
Above his scrawny knees.

The girl he's with is beautiful
Her shoulder-length black hair
Surrounds and frames her dark brown face
Her shoulders soft and bare.

He drinks his Mekhong whiskey down
And orders yet again
The girl he's with just sighs and sneaks
a smile at other men.

They sit in silence, the silly old man
And the girl who stole his heart
Someone should whisper in his ear
"Too many years apart!"

Someone should whisper in his ear
"Your girl is bored to death!
Your eyelids droop, your shoulders stoop
There's whiskey on your breath!"

Someone should whisper in his ear
That if he didn't pay
He might just find his lady love
Would soon be on her way.

He wallows in her loving gaze
So puppy-dog serene
Serenity for her of course
His ATM machine.

But he might whisper in our ears
"Well, don't you think I know?
I made my choice and so will you
With fewer years to go."

I'm not sure what to make of him
There is no guiding rule
I wonder if he could be both
A wise man and a fool.

He turns his head to pay the bill
And suddenly I see
It's a mirror on the wall
The silly old man is me.

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Originally Posted by Hampsha

Any name to it?

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I think it's

The silly old man with the young thai girl in the texas lone star saloon

from the link I posted.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Hampsha

Are there any different versions?

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I have no idea, I found it by googling "old man sees girl mirror poem". It was the first result.

I tried many times but it didn't come up under google. Google seems to give different results at times. Thanks again.

Just tried you wording and it came up. Guess I was a word off.

never heard it before
yes it's a nice poem
here's the old man himself Dean Barrett reading it , or trying too ..
Dean Barrett - A poetry reading - YouTube