I dreamt my lifeline beaded with the years
Each was blinking happiness in my brain
All were spent without regrets, without tears
And I had determined to start again.
One day gleefully, I was lying at my best,
I was looking how pretty the world around
And drawing a map of dreams on my breast
When I heard: Wow! Wow!—the sound of my hound.
A teammate was passing by. “Cheers,” he said,
He was elegant, bright of mind and deep
He sat down nearby drowsy and outspread
Never a word before he went to sleep.
Overhead a flock of ducks on the wing
And my dog again began to bark, wow
I took my gun, aimed well and fired to bring
One or two and they came down, but now.
My mate woke up and with a gentle sigh
Said, “What makes you so happy my friend
Look at them, one dead, the other to die
The rest are dispersed, where, who can portend.”
” ‘Tis forbidden to shoot game at this time
Why should you break the law for a bird,
The judge may call you to explain your crime
And the oath you’ve taken upon your word.
I Rock and Roll
I rock and roll in a frenzy of shout .
A Bacchanal drinking the heathen wine
I meet the world without fear but with doubt
Of the gods when I move across the line.
The cup of hope frequently did I sip
And as frequent of despair did I drain
Both cups I emptied and smashed on my lip
And simply lost that which I seemed to gain.
That’s why I believe to believe not
That alone I can build a bungalow
As toiling always I have had a knot
To dishevel was a bit fast or slow.
O God! give me a hand where I may be.
I have searched everywhere to no avail,
You are my lord, I’m drowning on the sea
Of your Ocean, sailing without a sail.