YOUTH

I DID A LOT OF READING, MY FRESHMAN YEAR OF COLLEGE

MOST WAS FOR FUN BUT SOME WAS FOR KNOWLEDGE

UNFORTUNATELY, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY

I PUT LESS TIME ON STUDY AND MORE TIME ON PLAY

IT WAS THIS CHANGE IN SPIRIT, I MOST REMEMBER

WHEN I FLUNKED OUT OF SCHOOL THAT LATE DECEMBER

I DECIDED TO ROAM AND RESEARCH THE WORLD

WITH KNAPSACK ON MY BACK, I'D BEEN DUMPED BY MY GIRL

I SET OFF TO SEA ON THE BRITISH SHIP RADNOR

NOT KNOWING A LOT ABOUT WHAT LAY IN STORE

A K-BAR KNIFE WAS MY ONE MEAGER POSESSION

A STARK EXAMPLE OF MY CHARACTER REGRESSION

I SAILED TO THE ORIENT ON THIS LIBERTY SHIP

WHALES, WAVES AND STORMS, ONE HELL OF A TRIP!

HERE IT IS MANY YEARS LATER AND NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED

IM JUST A LITTLE BIT OLDER AND A WHOLE LOT MORE DERANGED

C.K.R.

7/8/94