i will watch
them in the
corner
planning their
multi-millions
in their young
decisive bodies
while I old and
gray will watch
and hope they never
grow old.

I hope i never
do. And I won't
ask what you'll
be when you grow
up. In fact, I'll hope
you never grow up
that you'll stay, waiting
for fun, living frivolously
kissing each other
and wide-eyed
breathing.
in that dimly
lit little eatery
in the middle
of nowhere
sipping a manhattan.

"They are illusions
they are not the solutions
they promised to me
the answer was here
all the time.
I love you
and hope
you love me." a.l.w