TRICKY

 TRICKY                   TIM WILLIAMS           MAY 2015

WHEN I WAS A KID
I WORKED AT THE TRADING POST,
SOLD CANS OF BEER
VINYL RECORDS PRODUCED BY MICKEY MOST,
DREAMED OF RETIRING
TO A CARAVAN ON THE COAST,
WHERE SEAGULLS SHIT IN MY TEA AND TOAST,
DANCING TO THE MUSIC OF BOB MARLEY'S GHOST

WHEN I WAS A KID
IT SEEMED A LARK,
TO SNEAK IN THE PUB
FOR A PINT OF DARK,
WITH MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR
AND MY BEST MATE MARK,
COZ THE BARMAID THERE
SHE LIT HIS SPARK

SO HERE I AM 
IN LATER LIFE,
HAD TWO KIDS
A DOG, A WIFE,
THEY REMOVED SOME CANCER
USED A KNIFE,
EVEN GOT A LAPTOP
AND LEARNED HOW TO SKYPE

SO HERE I STAND
IN A SIZE EIGHT SHOE,
A TROUSER WAIST 
OF THIRTY TWO,
I'M USUALLY HAPPY
BUT OCCASIONALLY BLUE
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT'S TRICKY
TO POO

I MAYBE GETTING OLD
BUT YOU ARE TOO
I STILL LOVE YOU SO MUCH
SOMETIMES IT'S TRICKY TO POO
YES I STILL LOVE YOU SO MUCH
IT'S SOMETIMES TRICKY TO POO