LIFE BEGINS AT 40 # 3

 

You’re forty years old

Which is when, they say

Life begins for you

On that most special day

But if you drink too much

You will certainly pay

Because now you’re old

You’ll be hungover all day

THE YOUNG BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

 

The young beautiful people

Think they are acts of nature,

But the beautiful old people

Know they’re works of art for sure

21st CENTURY NURSERY RHYMES # 232

 

Rim strim stram-a-diddle

Larra-bum-a-ring ting

Rig-num bulletin a-ky-mo!

Ah that’s Jazz man

ARE YOU WEARING SOME PROTECTION?

 

Are you wearing some protection?

Why would I be talking about a condom?

I just wondered if you had decided

To put your long raincoat on

RAMBHA

 

Rambha, Apsara

Of the clouds and waters

In Hindu and Buddhist mythology

A celestial nymph

And celestial maiden

A beautiful supernatural being

Youthful and elegant,

Who dances to the music

Of the Gandharvas,

In the palaces of the Gods,

Entertainer and seducer

Of Gods and men

An ethereal being

Inhabiting the skies

I LOVE YOU BY ANY MEASURE # 8

 

I love you by any measure

You might wish to use

But I don’t know how to express

The way I feel about you

And the affect you have on me

So, I hope this gives you a clue

If I dropped a grain of sand

Onto a desert dune

Only when they found it

Would I stop loving you

WHEN I WAS YOUNG

When I was young

I was self-conscious

Walking on the beach

With my shirt off

Now I walk

To the water’s edge

With my abused body

Bulging over my speedos

And I go slowly and deliberately

To the waves

In an act of defiance

And I feel great