T H E D E S K C A L E N D A R

Each day it stares at me - a gift from my fine nephew, you see.
It dares me to pull another page, it irks me, to some degree.
With the jokes and pictures on it, I hate to get rid of the present day,
because getting older is not much pleasure, I wish the date would stay !

But, to keep up with the world, I have to remove what is now past-
no matter how you wish for it to remain, there is no way that it will last.
Unfortunately, what happened is now history and down the drain -
you are ever so lucky if good memories of the past will remain.

Inexorably you are forced to remove another page that now has gone stale,
should you want to discuss past events-they sound like an old wives' tale.
Just like old newspapers are only good for wrapping today's fish-
to bring back any past event turns into an unfulfilled, too late wish.

To let missed opportunities be bygone is the very best thing to do,
the calendar with the proper date reminds you what today is new.
It tells you that things have come up that for now are the proper date :
so, do what the new page demands because for yesterday's it is too late !