When I Am an Old Woman, I Shall Have a Purple Cable for My iPhone

Do you remember that poem, "When I Am an Old Woman, I Shall Wear Purple?"  It was popular in the 1980's with women who were not yet old but were giving it some thought.

I was wondering what had prompted me recently to re-read that poem and even get it in French and Spanish translations, and then I remembered.

When someone stole my handbag and I had to replace my iPhone, the man at the AT&T shop told me, "I can give you a purple cable."

I said, "Oh, good!  Because now I can say that when I am an old woman, I shall have a purple cable for my iPhone, an update on an older version of what an old woman has and does--but with the same color."

Note:  The poem did not come out in the 1980's, when I guess it was resurrected. It came out in the 1960's, when the author was not yet old.

Here she is reading the poem now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cACbzanitg