we left the trees

with so much to learn

a stick can be sharpened

and branches will burn

cows can be milked

their juices will churn

the Nile will flood

with the Dog Star’s return

and even today

there’s so much to learn

that we’re looking into

the matter at CERN

I met a man

Who had a plan

To make me

Very rich,

And I was low

On cash and so

I listened to

His pitch:

For a fee,

He shared

With me

The secret scam

He knew,

And if you send

Ten dollars,

Friend,

I’ll share it

With you too.

 

 

 

I went out in the sun

I was white as wonder bread

still I stripped down to my shorts

and I bared my balding head

I looked just like a Q-tip

as I laid out on the spread

and I guess I fell asleep

for I woke up flaming red

I thought I’d get a tan

but I’m lobsterized instead

and now I’m truly worried

as to what will lie ahead

for the thought of even moving

now fills me with dread

I’ll prop myself up

for the night on my bed

I’m sure I’ll get big blisters

until my skin is shed

and probably by morning

I’ll wish that I was dead

I guess I didn’t listen

to what my mother said

don’t lay out in the sun

when you’re white as wonder bread

 

His name was Jack Pine

And he died for our sins,

Still he stands there in line

With his wires and pins;

While other trees ’round

Freely reach for the sky,

He is lashed to the ground

Without roots and bone-dry.

 

There once came a day

When his wires went dead,

For man found a way

To use cell phones instead;

Still he stands there in line

As the new age begins–

His name was Jack Pine

And he died for our sins.

I’ll not see the pearly gates

Nor blaze of the infernal,

For thanks to Zeno’s paradox,

My life must be eternal:

The time I’ve left divides in half

In fractions, o’er and o’er,

So mathematically, at least,

I’ll live forevermore!

 

The time I’ve left divides in half

In fractions, o’er and o’er,

So mathematically, at least,

I’ll live forevermore!

 

So mathematically, at least,

I’ll live forevermore!

 

I’ll live forevermore!