Fame

Who, nowadays, reads E. Phillips Oppenheim

Who was so famous once upon a time?

Who listens any more to Crosby or Sinatra?

Who laughs at Bob Hope’s jibes, who joked

—but perhaps it was some slavey of a scribe—in 1962,

‘’If they knew what we know, they’d be behind too!”

Soon that might yet be funny once again,

Though we and they are different, not the same.

I'd say the odds are better than even money!

Monday, September 11, 2024