Monday, December 16, 2019

Downtown Learning

Learn of the green world what can be thy place!
How can you lose?—
Show the world your smiling face!

Try to conduct yourself with grace,
and lose the booze.
Learn from the lush world what can be thy place!

Whatever happens, you’ll get a taste
of the best non-alcoholic brews—
wipe those tears right off your face

and accept your ribbon for fourth prize.
You won’t get into Who’s Who,
but you’ll learn of the humble world what can be thy place

downtown where the lights hang loose
happy again in the street’s caress.
Show the world your smiling face

in which there’s no trace of you left—you’ve been replaced
by traffic signs and neon lights.
Learn of the glowing world what can be thy place!
Show the world its shining face!