The University of Old Lawn Chairs
The new lawn chairs are now the old lawn chairs
How many summers - has it been that long?
Their runners are rusty, their paint is pale -
The flip-this parvenus would disapprove
Not rusty but rustic, these fine old seats
Of learning have weathered many terms
Supporting the front-yard sciences and arts
Of lightning bugs, conversations, and scotch
The cicadas’ songs, the rising of stars
With us enthroned as luxuriously as czars
Jun 23, 2017
Jun 23, 2017 at 5:14 PM UTC
The University of Old Lawn Chairs
The new lawn chairs are now the old lawn chairs
How many summers - has it been that long?
Their runners are rusty, their paint is pale -
The flip-this parvenus would disapprove
Not rusty but rustic, these fine old seats
Of learning have weathered many terms
Supporting the front-yard sciences and arts
Of lightning bugs, conversations, and scotch
The cicadas’ songs, the rising of stars
With us enthroned as luxuriously as czars