Caren Krutsinger Poet Rhyme

I Am a Beatnik From New Orleans

Doobie Doobie Doobie Doobie Doobie Doobie Do.
You can’t get my goat, I am one of a few.
I’m mellow and fun-loving, and money don’t run me.
I had a nap all day yesterday ‘til a quarter until three.

Doobie Doobie Doobie Doobie Doobie Doobie Day.
I am a beatnik from down New Orleans way.
I don’t have a penny and I don’t have a dime. 
You can’t irritate me, being happy ain’t no crime.

Doobie Doobie Doobie Doobie Doobie Doobie doll.
I am as broke in the summer as I am in the fall.
Some fat cat might throw stones, but why do I care?
I strut right past that cat with my happy tail in the air.

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M. L. Kiser May 31, 2022 at 8:16 AM Wow, someone else who remembers beatniks! Most people think the hippies were the beatniks. We have lived through some colorful times.

Gershon Wolf May 29, 2022 at 8:01 PM Happy-wise, if penny-poor... Doobie, doobie-doo, for sure! Smiles, gw Caren Krutsinger May 30, 2022 at 3:15 AM I was thinking beatnik and bam here it was!

L Milton Hankins May 29, 2022 at 6:21 PM You go, girl!!! I loved the refrain at the beginning of each stanza. Gosh, do I ever remember that! Caren Krutsinger May 30, 2022 at 3:15 AM I do too!