Old Sun

Old sun came up again today.

just thinkin:

worked hard all your life

little deductions week after week

all those years

do-dropping deductions into invisible

somewhere account

social security in the sky

stealthy NewDeal squirrels

stored and hoard

funds

that Lyndon extended.



lived through the sixties twice

I heard the drummer say, laughing

and don't trust anyone under thirty

then one day you have bright morning

in America

no go to work

what it all about Alfie

the croupier wheels

roulette deals.

65!

ain't no jive

now what

say what?

401k and IRA

but me wear no fancy pants jeans no mo

an ne'er been to belfast

never lived life in the fast lane

til now

now that I'm too slow

to know

how it all happened.

We'll just hop on our horses

waiting for Roy

Rogers and Dale Evans

to ride into heaven

they still ride horses

don't they?

It's bright up there.



Glass half-Full