2024 NaPM 01 April

[dukealien]

Back When

Back when tigers used to smoke 
and we not long had shucked the cave,
a man could tell an artless joke--
at least, when tigers used to smoke.

But now we wear this awkward yoke
where nothing’s in it for the brave,
not like when tigers used to smoke 
and we not long had shucked the cave.

Ah!  The innocence of believing one could speak one's mind, even in jest!  Good 1.