Poem for Youth + 

Raindrops + 

On the crumbling walls + 

Of tradition, + 

Sunlight + 

Across mouldy pits + 

Of yesterday. + 

Oh, + 

Wise old men, + 

What do you say + 

About the fiddles + 

And the jazz + 

And the loud Hey! Hey! + 

About the dancing girls, + 

And the laughing boys, + 

And the brilliant lights, + 

And the blaring joys, + 

The firecracker days + 

And the nights⁠— + 

Love-toys? + 

Staid old men, + 

What do you say + 

About sun-filled rain + 

Drowning yesterday? + 