Here I Still Am

Here I Still Am By Elton Camp Dispelling ignorance & dispensing knowledge I’ve taught thousands of students at the college When the older ones of them I happen to meet They act surprised that I’m still around to greet If their facial expression I have correctly read What they mean is, “I thought you were dead.” But though there has passed many a decade So far, the Grim Reaper I’ve managed to evade True, I can’t take stairs two at a time anymore And I dare not hike in the woods as I did before But my thinking is right and my memory clear I sure hope that Alzheimer’s I don’t need to fear I am still capable of decisions and driving my car As when young, I haven’t wrecked, at least so far With my clouded lenses surgically taken out, I can again enjoy reading and looking about As long as my obituary you haven’t read You may safely assume that I’m not dead