Old Age Blues
Young men must feel just like they’re millionaires,
in terms of attitude. For they have cash
of spendthrift years to buy into the shares
of love that women hold. It’s not just stash
alone of course. For if the stock is not
available, they might as well be poor
for all it matters. Still they have a shot
at being just a moneyed raconteur.
which older guys are hard put to pretend.
For poverty of means is etched upon
their psyche, though they have the will to spend.
And feigning wealth is not enough to carry on
for long when they’re financially in jail
with scarcely funds enough to put up bail.