Every ten years, as summertime nears, I'll never forget the first time we met It was quite an affair. The whole class was there. The men all conversed about who had been first The homecoming queen, who once had been lean, No one had heard about the class nerd The boy we'd decreed "most apt to succeed" They awarded a prize to one of the guys They took a class picture, a curious mixture At our next get-together, no one cared whether By the fortieth year, it was abundantly clear And now I can't wait; they've set the date. Repairs have been made on my hearing aid. I'm feeling quite hearty and I'm ready to party.
An announcement arrives in the mail.
A reunion is planned; it will be really grand.
Make plans to attend without fail.
We tried so hard to impress.
We drove fancy cars, smoked big cigars,
And wore our most elegant dress.
It was held at a fancy hotel.
We wined, and we dined, and we acted refined,
And everyone thought it was swell.
To achieve great fortune and fame.
Meanwhile, their spouses described their fine houses
And how beautiful their children became.
Now weighed in at two-twenty-six.
The jocks who were there had all lost their hair,
And the cheerleaders could no longer do kicks.
Who'd guided a spacecraft to the moon;
Or poor little Jane, who's always been plain
She married a shipping tycoon.
Was serving ten years in the pen,
While the one voted "least" now was a priest.
Just shows how wrong you can be now and then.
Who seemed to have aged the least.
Another was given to the grad who had driven
The farthest to attend the big feast.
Of beehives, crew cuts and wide ties.
Tall, short or skinny, the style was the mini
You never saw so many thighs!
They impressed their classmates or not.
The mood was informal, a whole lot more normal.
By this time, we'd all gone to pot.
It was held out-of-doors at the lake shores.
We ate hamburgers, coleslaw, and beans.
Then most of us laid around in the shade
In our comfortable T-shirts and jeans.
We were definitely over the hill.
Those who weren't dead had to crawl out of bed
And be home in time for their pill.
Our fiftieth-fifth is coming, I'm told.
It should be a ball. They've rented a hall
At the Shady Rest Home for the old.
My pacemaker's been turned up on high.
My wheelchair is oiled, and my teeth have been boiled
And I've bought a new wig and glass eye.
I'm gonna dance 'til dawn's early light.
It'll be lots of fun, but I just hope there's one
Other person who can make it that night!
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4-5-2002