50th Class Reunion by Nick Cook on Saturday, August 20, 2011

Fiftieth Class Reunion

50th high school class reunion

Maslow’s Hierarchy on display

Same old, same old,

Same old people, same array!

No rose-colored glasses!

Through a pilsner glass darkly,

Refreshment between old friends

To toast those by death departed

And, of course, an opportunity

To discuss affairs of no-shows

Who haven’t transcended jilts,

Judges or unappealing scabs on noses

Too long dragged upon the ceiling.

Same old farts, same old feeling,

Same old proof, one can’t go back

To relive the wack-attack

That was our formative years,

Banalities, childhood fears,

Summed up as, “what you see is what you get!”

One final hello to those we may never see again; yet,

Something indescribable is gained by a brief return

To youthful years, when we had time to burn…