Always the party Of life Is casual Unconscious Unaware Dreams of forever Linger Like the candle flame On the large candle Then the bus-driver Mad with sweat Runs a stop sign And 3 are gone Are no more And the friends And the family Want to kiss Something of the past Bring to the souls More happiness And the stranger On the street Still unaffected Wanders into the store And buys a cookie What time doesn't heal The grave covers over.
Irwin R. Shaw - 1982
The Party of Life
Always the party
Of life
Is casual
Unconscious
Unaware
Dreams of forever
Linger
Like the candle flame
On the large candle
Then the bus-driver
Mad with sweat
Runs a stop sign
And 3 are gone
Are no more
And the friends
And the family
Want to kiss
Something of the past
Bring to the souls
More happiness
And the stranger
On the street
Still unaffected
Wanders into the store
And buys a cookie
What time doesn't heal
The grave covers over.