OLD LADY WINTER

Old lady winter said;

"I'll come again

when the birds fly south

and the summer ends.

When the trees and the grass

all wither to brown

I'll come take your hand

as I come into town.

We'll run down to the pond

and skate on the ice

we could build a big snowman

all fluffy and nice

Lie on our backs

and watch the last leaf fall.

Drill a hole in the ice

and catch nothing at all

We can swim in cold waters

of the deep, murky sea

and thereafter get drunk

on whisky and glee."

so we'll go playing,

the old girl and me,

until the birds start to sing

and she has to take her leave.