MAN FOR HIS AGE
Care-worn he leads
his guilt free life,
turns fears
into a bar-room joke –
he never fails
though sometimes falls
a victim to
“the changing times”.
Suburban heroes never weep,
they share with celluloid
an inability to bleed.
He veils his sorrows in
a sentimental song
and never sins –
his standards are complete
and up to date.
A true son
of a dying race.
Malcolm Evison
