Repeat Performance

Repeat Performance


As I was walking down the street
A bottle of water I chanced to meet
It lay at the curb looking sad and forlorn
A drink would be nice to counter this heat.

I picked it up and looked at the label
And chanced to glance at the nutrition table.
In bold print were written the side effects -
'Youth will be restored but will not remain stable.'

Well heck, I thought that’s not so bad
To be young again will not make me sad.
I took a swig and to my surprise
I was once again just a little tad.

My surprise continued and I got a nudge
When I sat in my diaper containing some fudge
The downward spiral continued I fear
The next thing I knew I could not budge.

I was once again a gleam in his eye
I knew in an instant what that would imply,
So back to the process of ovum and sperm
I’ll never drink water from a bottle, I cry.

Many years did pass and as I walked down the street
A bottle of water I chanced to meet
It lay at the curb looking sad and forlorn
A drink would be nice to counter this heat.


Line count: 24
Rhyming a,a,b,a
Written 29 Oct, ‘09