Places You Will Never Find Me
PLACES YOU’LL NEVER FIND ME
At any rap concert for fun,
At home watching a Merv Griffin re-run,
Singing bawdy drunken choruses of “There once was a nun”,
Under an expensive suntan machine,
In a sushi bar, eating fish, marine,
At the Diamond Jubilee garden party for the Queen,
At a catwalk with scowling skeletons as fashion artists,
Behind a booth-curtain voting for some racists,
In an East Lansing fundraiser for NRA activists,
On a golf course - because I’m below par,
Visiting Australia - because it’s too far,
Driving coast to coast - no car,
In British Columbia (ever again) - too wet,
In Mexico, Brazil, Angola - too hot,
Jogging in the NYC marathon - not fit, too fat.
Copyright © Sidney Beck | Year Posted 2012
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