In your forties

Body was portly

In the thirties

Feet were dirty



In the twenties

Sex was a-plenty

In the teens

Life was unseen



Now you're at fifties

Life is more nifty

Body's leaner

Feet are cleaner



Sex is more ... 

Than it was before ...

For you have the past

And you no longer ... 

              wear that mask ...



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

6:05pm Tuesday, Dec. 8th, 1998