Don'T Quit Your Daydream
“I’m just sitting on the dock of the bay, wastin’ time.” Otis Redding
Don’t quit your daydream, son.
You’re just so good at it.
Each day we watch you go
down to the dock and sit.
Your friends have left their homes.
To college most have gone,
but you just like to go
down to the bay at dawn.
What do you dream about
while looking out to sea?
You can’t forever stay
at home with us for free!
Whatever would it take
to prompt you to do more
than keep dreams in your head
and not to let them soar?
Our ultimatum is
find work or go to school.
If not, don’t quit your daydream.
Be a homeless fool.
11/25/2022
(the son of this poem is fictional)
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