To an Old Hippie, On his 60th Birthday
After age 60, what is the use
Of trying to quit the drugs of abuse?
Booze is a lifelong need, I fancy;
And swearing off weed is even more chancy.
And as for tobacco, and here I'm not joking;
Science has proven that cancer cures smoking.
I wrote this for my brother in law 7 years ago. Ironically, he lives on.
E. A. Robinson spent a lifetime writing depressing poetry; Richard Corey is probably his best known effort
Last edited by Douglas G. Brown; 07-06-2017 at 09:23 PM.
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