Road to Nowhere

MELLOW YELLOW MONDAY
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ROAD TO NOWHERE 

We're all on a road to nowhere;

Step up and join the parade.

Get in line one behind the other

And do not be afraid.

What if the journey's pointless,

And ends in a hard brick wall?

What if that distant horizon

Isn't even there at all?

What if that sun in the heaven

Can never be made to shine?

What if we'll never find that place

Where the weather is always fine?

Set out on the journey

As though on a holiday.

You're sure to pick some flowers

That are growing by the way.

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MY INTENTION

Now seems the time to make a mention

Of my once-avowed intention

To be a stately lady in old age!

I thought I'd see, with life enduring,

A very elegant maturing,

A graceful entry into life's last stage!

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I knew I'd get a 'widow's hump'

But I thought I'd be all cuddly-plump,

With rosy cheeks and a twinkle in my eye.

I planned to sit in the ingle-nook

Reading pages from a Dickens book,

Merely watching the rest of life go by.

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Embroidery? Yes, I'd try that,

Sewing some lacy table-mat,

And smiling to myself with modest charm.

My voice would grow all sweet and deep,

And often I would fall asleep

Like an old cushion, soft and warm and calm.

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Needless to say, the times have changed;

My attitude is rearranged;

I'm hardly ever home, if truth were told.

I rush about with old 'girl' friends

In a social whirl that never ends!

So much for growing calm as I grow old!

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