Sad, sardonic, very fine Patrick. What they thought of me, what I think of
them. It's a wonder we have children at all, given the disconnects.
Ken
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Written in response to a sad old poem at a meeting
SOME THINGS
some things
never change
all through history
the sad old have
flocked together
flocked together
to bemoan the young
complain about change
they piteously bleat
about the young
young’s hair
young’s disrespect
young’s manners
young’s going down hill
young’s taste in music
young’s disobedience
young’s garbled speech
young’s everything
and
the old bemoan about
a ‘lack of loveliness’
through their old dusty
rose tinted glasses
frosted with age
go on and on about
the fabled ‘good ol’days’
rattle their zimmers
sad old killjoys
heading towards
the knacker’s yard
and
they have
forgotten
that long ago
their parents
flocked together
to bemoan the young
its all gone on –
a litany a dirge
since the caves
throughout history
some-one please
put them out
of their misery
pmcmanus
r457
inspired by and dedicated to merton poets I was told that I could not write
'to bemoan the young' I thought 'about'
was implied??? P of no grammaries
Wednesday, 05 March 2014
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