Old Lovers

We met at 4 inside a bath

Playing with water splash splash splash

By 6, “go wash alone now” we were told

“Why?” we yelled and they said “Well,

Boys and girls must clean themselves

You see, you two are gettin’ too darn old.”

So from then we’re no longer friends

’Cause cooties got us to pretend

If we get too close we might just catch a cold

But teenage years they roll on through

And I can’t help but look at “you-

don’t believe in cooties?” “Nah, we’re too darn old.”

Now we spend time stuck at the lips

So naturally, a sales pitch hits

“Hey! Why don’t you two buy these rings of gold?”

We ask ’em “Why?” and they reply

“Come on now guys you know its time

You see you two are gettin’ too darn old.”

Kids brought joy but they came and left

Can’t sit around and wait for death

Let’s have some fun before our bell is rung

We packed our bags, got on a plane

They all yelled “You’re too old! Insane!”

But jumpin’ out we never felt so young.

This is one of many poems/stories from my book, “but i don’t drink coffee…” which you can find here on Amazon.