November 6, 1967 (I was 22)
Paineful Song
Thomas Tyme and brother Tim
soled shoes and sold shoes
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
That man came to buy
the shoes sold soled and guaranteed,
but before he bought
he thought Tim ought
to wear one out ot see
that he would not
after he bought
need to ply the guarantee.
So Tim tried one
and Tom the other.
Their trials made no holes,
and from that day
their shingle did say
These are the Tymes
That try mens’ soles
from this week in May, 1967 (I was 22)
Anniversary of My Father’s Death
If after my dissolution
Another life shall be,
I must confront my father
To see what part of him is me.
We both were young for death
So now we would renew
With mellowed eyes the expired years
In a consummate review.
But if (and more likely so)
The grave grants no volition,
I’ll lie cold and stiff and still
And rot in ancestral tradition.
November 6, 1967 (I was 22)
Paineful Song
Thomas Tyme and brother Tim
soled shoes and sold shoes
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
That man came to buy
the shoes sold soled and guaranteed,
but before he bought
he thought Tim ought
to wear one out ot see
that he would not
after he bought
need to ply the guarantee.
So Tim tried one
and Tom the other.
Their trials made no holes,
and from that day
their shingle did say
These are the Tymes
That try mens’ soles
