A Conversation With Peter Pan
(As a child I loved watching Peter Pan every year on T.V. When I grew, I had some serious questions for him).
A Conversation With Peter Pan
Ladies and gentlemen, this is a special night
I have a guest—Oh, I’m such a fan!
So, let’s give it up for every child’s delight—
The one and only—Peter Pan!
Before we get started, Mr. Pan—
Thank you so much for being here
All my colleagues tell me—You’re the man!
This event will crown your career!
First of all, Rob, call me Peter—please
Mr. Pan was my father—I guess
At any rate, he was likely a sleaze
In face both parents would have made me a mess
So, who they were—You don’t wonder—Really?
Perhaps a DNA sample you might give?
Now, Robert—Just stop being silly
I just like to live and let live
Are you afraid they were both deadbeat louses?
Were they jerks you might deplore?
Well, I’ve heard my mom was a lush cleaning houses
and my dad was a nine-to-five bore
You’re a living legend, my friend,
Loved by children from shore to shore
Good lord, Rob, when does this interview end?
You’re beginning to be a real bore!
I see. So, let’s get on with the show
and forgive me if I’m prying
but there’s something the whole world wants to know
and it deals with where you’ve been flying
Now, Peter, we know you swoop down into rooms
To fly vulnerably young children away
Once that was innocent fun, one assumes
but it’s called kidnapping today!
Really, Rob? I can see you’re just jealous
Am I right? Or—am I right?
You would give anything to be a child again
So, you could fly off with me tonight.
Peter—If right now charges were to be pressed
you’d be facing life without parole
And it wouldn’t take long for you to confess
With clemency your only goal!
You’re just jealous! Jealous Rob—That’s It!
Peter, just grow up! You sound like a twit!
Grow up, Rob? Never! Never! Never! No!
But it’s all been real. No lie!
Uh-oh, it’s getting really late
It’s time for me to fly!
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1/31/22
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