Remember the old days

When you were young
And had fun?

Went to the beach
And baked like a betelnut
In the sun?

Ate your breakfast
On the run?

What of the books
That have come and gone away
Like Clay Shaw's "A Message From Khufu"
What did that have to say
To JFK?

Or "Germany's National Vice"
If only I - or George Soros -
Could obtain a copy
That would be so nice...

O Tempora! O Mores!
How rarely is ANY scene
Played to the HILT

Behold the Thermidorean tumbrils!

SIC TRANSIT GLORIA VANDERBILT