Song of My Seventies

This is a little ode I wrote to commemorate my 73rd birthday on August 16. Just taking my doggerel for a walk. Fellow geezers may perhaps find something familiar herein.

Song of My Seventies

I wanted to sleep

But I've got to go pee

Isn't that always the way with me?

I was having a wonderful

Dream or three

But always and forever

I've got to go pee

The pillow was just

Where I wanted it to be

My leg was positioned

For the peace of my knee.

A cat was well balanced

On top of me

But there is nothing of comfort

I've got to go pee

I've gotten adjusted

In the chair, pain free

Things all lit up and booted

Even damned Adobe

The stuff on the screen is

Making sense to me

But nothing gets done 'cause

I've got to go pee

The day is perfection

Filled the feeders, all three.

There's a comfy camp chair

Under the beech tree

Chipmunks and finches

Would come closer to see

But it doesn't last long because

I have to go pee.

The hummingbird snorkels

Then comes over to see

In my half open window

Gnats for protein might be.

He gives me the stink eye

And decides to flee

I had to disturb him

I've got to go pee

The cat is precision

When sitting on me.

A treat from the bag

Is expected of me.

She gives me the slow blink

Until she gets three.

It could go on forever

But I have to go pee.

The words roll by

Very satisfyingly.

The stuff that I'm editing

Is just as it should be.

I've got a lot done in

An hour or three

But a screeching halt comes

'Cause I've got to go pee

I hate being in crowds

When I was six foot three

I stood out like a lighthouse

Or at least a tall tree.

I always took the aisle seat

So I didn't crush my knee

Now it's so I don't crush you

When I have to go pee.

It's an excellent car trip

Things are where they should be.

Please mute the GPS

The road's familiar to me.

I don't need nag-o-matic

I got this, count on me

But the moment I stand up

I've got to go pee

If you call, I'll be handy

Wherever I be

The phone's in a pocket

Long distance is free.

But you'll hear water running

Somewhere behind me

Because always and forever

I've got to go pee

Now, don't misunderstand me.

I'm grateful to be

In a house with three bathrooms

Convenient to me.

My kidneys still function

at 73

But always and forever

I've got to go pee