And I Wondered As I Watched
The Old Man-‘s Genuflection.
He In His Late Eighties
Me, Full-Throttle To The Half-Ton
Could Either Of Us Recall?
Did We Ever Practise It?
Surely
For Him It Was Probably Instinctive
My Infrequent Sorties Were
(Most Likely)
The Cause Of My Curiosity.
Think Man! How Far Should The Bend Dip?
Should The Knee Touch Base
Hover Just Above
Didn-‘t I Bruise It Once?
A Bruise Of Enthusiasm
With Sacred Splinters On The Side?
Then Eliza Doolittle Came Into My Head
The Execution Of Elocution
The Diction In The Benediction..
-ŗhow Now Kow Tow! -
(Did I Just Say That Out Loud? Oops)