Vintage Poems - ZED

This reminded me of a Dorothy Parker piece. I love poems like this, ones that make you laugh and make you think and ones that have hearken back to another era. Enjoy!ZEDBy Jane Hoyt Lamb, Hill CityI have added to my lifeBy temperance and careful diet,But I am less and less assuredThat everyone should try it.For if I'd known the time I savedWould add on to my final yearsAnd not be sandwiched in mid-life,I'd have had a few more beers,More coffee , sugar, cigarettes,More butter on my sticky bun.The time I've added to the endof life is not much fun.Originally published in Pasque Petals 78.1, Summer 2003Featured image by Mike under the creative commons license on Flickr.