Half of them I never heard of
and
the other half I never cared for,

time to explore
time to
find out what finding out's for,
but first
write a letter home
yes
some still know how to
we're not all attached to the glue tube.

oh yes,
glue gets you high
it also gets you stuck
in a rut.

Sixty years ago
there were wars
famine
poverty
disease
strife
and that was life.

Today,
seems like it was sixty years ago
only yesterday,

oh yes
we've come a long way.

That last summer
which we greatly enjoyed
feels like the last century,

The mind of man employs distractions
conjures up attractions
to take our minds off the time that it takes
to put on the brakes and remind us
that summer is behind us and autumn falls due.

but it cannot see that Eliot's Starnbergersee
is an illusion, and Marie could be you passsing
by me with a smile on your face

Sat there in a cafe
having coffee
because they only had
English Breakfast tea
and
it's fifteen before three

the coffee came cold
or I forgot it was there
because I'm getting old
and
I'm not sure I care anymore.

Poor me
I really wanted a tea
Assam or Lapsang
or at a push PG
Tips.

I never got to where I am
I was
never seemingly quite
that man
who meant to be
the man
you
supposed me to be