Dear
Success Stories From My Student Days
where are you now?
self assured long hair'd intellectual habitues
of inner city pubs and shared terraces
discussing free love existentialism
the price of hash and politics
watched shyly
by a wide eyed ingenue
straight from the convent
sitting in the corner
thinking you must be all geniuses
i see some of you occasionally
now serious grey haired old men in suits
stalwart conservative establishment
being interviewed on tv
wondering how that happened
is that what growing up is?
i'm growing old
not growing up
Signed
a late bloomer
chook lover caught back flip
in arrested development
woudn't swap places for quids
Miss Brainless Big Heart
If a man is not a socialist by the age of 20 he has no heart. If he is not a conservative by the age of 40, he has no brains - Winston Churchill
This has special meaning to an old man who married a woman who is ageless.
ReplyDeleteI guess I am stuck in my 20s.
ReplyDeleteGuess I am too:)
DeleteThat's a good policy
ReplyDeleteI'd rather not grow up than sell my soul....a good one Rall...
ReplyDeleteThis one tugs straight at the heart!!
ReplyDelete"free love existentialism" This sounds like the title of a book--preferably a novel--I would love to read.
ReplyDeleteAnd THAT quote!
What a wondrous write! I was totally captured by the truths.
ReplyDeleteOh the transformation of those so-cool people into suited conservatives is painful. Likely more so for them than for we who admired them from afar who went on to lead more interesting lives than we ever could have dreamed.
ReplyDeletei think this may be my favorite poem of the day! shew, i think i'd have to agree with much of what you say.
ReplyDeleteMade me smile on a Sunday, Nice one Rall
ReplyDeletemuch love...
Hash and politics? Maybe if some of our U.S. politicians would mix hash and politics, we'd be a little less crazy. One can hope!
ReplyDeleteLots of truth in this. Enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteI like the refusal to grow up if growing up means certain things!
ReplyDeleteI still think I am twenty and still vote socialist! What is the point of being sensible and growing up?
ReplyDeleteNone:)
DeleteI'm growing old not growing up............... relate to this one,some very true words spoken here.
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ReplyDeletemuch love...
I'm with you! (And I'm not a man anyhow, so yah boo sucks to Winston!)
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