Simple Joys
by Marc Mangel
Simple Joys
its a shame we dont have simple joys anymore
dont tell me we do because the evidence is
contrary
take for example those too young to
feel the prison of maturity
give them a companion and a balloon and
they soar past unseen
pillars in their yellow chariots
that bounce kitelike in the sky
while their joy can weaken as the
piece of twince
but given an ADULT a balloon
BAH you may as well give a child
the stock market
for adults dont know simple joys
they pris and piss and mess the kite and
surely dont fly with it
thats why we dont have simple joys anymore
May 1972