Was it really 70 years ago?
Did I just leave school
and get conscripted
into the British Army?
(And get married?)

I thought it was yesterday.

Was it really 60 years ago?
Did I just get married
(for the second time)
and was I embarking
on a new career?

I thought it was yesterday.

Was it really 40 years ago?
Did I emigrate to Hong Kong
and spend five years
travelling the Orient?
(And divorced my third wife?)

Well, that was certainly not yesterday.

So what happened yesterday?