Gramps Fred's Fossilized Rage
No, at ninety-eight you're not a fossil yet, Gramps Fred;
you still rail against the masters of cruel, crazy wars
that left thousands of our brave youth abroad dead;
you still roar at the inept occupying city hall sinecures,
and with your own meticulous counter-computation,
you tax the tax-men with angry taxpayers' signatures;
I still hear you snarl at every phony insurance agent,
and expose the shady tricks of any pious cheat
who sounds polite, but with dark motives irreverent;
you fume over some military madness you just read
and lambast each education department egghead,
no, at ninety-eight you're not a fossil yet, Gramps Fred !
Copyright © Romeo Naces | Year Posted 2007
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