There once was a cool cat named Joel,
Who I know pretty well,
Good fortune he had in casinos & such.
He made all the rounds and gave them all hell.
Now Joel was pretty sharp witted
With high taste he emitted.
At home he remodeled and slashed,
At work his computer it crashed.
Now Joel, you hang on ‘cause someday when we’re all gone and retired,
Maybe we’ll all get together and inquire,
To think and reminisce,
And discuss the storms we weathered in our line of fire.
We’ll all drink Coronas and limes,
And toast on the coast
To think back to the days and the times,
When life was not all merry & nice.
We’ll discuss that throughout our careers and all of the years,
We’d all be grateful that we all kept in touch and stayed very near.
For we all knew in our hearts,
That someday we’d get through it, no matter our fear.
Remembering the times
Like fine mellow wines,
We’d relish them all, and look back through the tears,
To the days and the times and months & the years.
So Joel, take a deep breath, for at our reunion we’ll laugh and connive,
And know we survived.
Surely by then we’ll know that everything in life really has just been a test
So that at the sunset of our lives
We’d look back, and know we really were the best!
Robert Collazo (written on 4/16/08)
