In Peter Pan's Advanced Years
IN PETER PAN’S ADVANCED YEARS
What is this life if full of care
We have no sight or teeth or hair,
And when we stand beneath the boughs
Our waistline resembles that of cows.
No time to see when kids we pass
How these young kids smoke their grass.
No time to see in broad daylight
Hotrod cars; or disco clubs at night.
No time to turn at Beauty’s glance
And watch her feet how they dance:
But lots of time to hear her add
With pity, “Not for you, grandad.”
A poor life this if full of care
We crave youth from our rocking chair.
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NOTE
With apologies to W H Davies who wrote the original poem LEISURE
Copyright © Sidney Beck | Year Posted 2011
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