David Walker Poet Free verse

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969 a Thousand Years of Ticking Time

969 A Thousand Years of Ticking Time
David J Walker  

Mr. Methuselah
	A word please
It’s about time 
To reveal what you know and
When you knew that you knew it
What you remember and 
When to remember to remember it 
Were you a slow learner 
Did you live longer at home
Was there a word for teenager 
Did you get along with your father
Did your mother nag you about grad school
Did you save enough for retirement 
Did Lamech get a tatu with his girl-friends name
Was Naamah bad about Honey-Do’s when 
You became empty nesters 
What festers in your mind about 
Things you never got around to 
Did you play catch with 
The sons of your grandsons 
In the afternoons
Did you ever take Noah to a ballgame and
Buy popcorn and have a beer 
And talk about things to come between innings
Did you ever forget an anniversary or 
Which one it was 
Do you remember all your grandchildren’s names
Someone did and wrote them down and
I bet it was Naamah right
I bet it was Naamah that kept things going 
I bet it was Naamah who held court like 
Queen Victoria 
Gathering her many grandsons to her knee

Mr. Methuselah
What 
	If anything
Can you tell me to make me want to 
Live long than you

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