OLD MAN’S LAMENT
Poor irving Berlin –
“Put on your Easter bonnet
And frills upon it” -
Wouldn’t he get just deathly ill
At today’s Easter Parade
There are no bonnets
Instead girls wear nose rings
Guys with drooping pants
There are no crooners no Bing
Just rock bands with loud drummers
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Young folk may not agree with my poem, but I say, "Take that, ya young whipersnappers!"
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