Old Grandfather Time

Old Grandfather Time



Nobody now knows
   Grandmother Hubbard
  ‘Cept Grandfather Time –
Who was locked in her cupboard.

No one now hears
  Their grandchildren’s rhyme
  Simply because...
They haven’t the time.

But old Mother Hubbard -
  A daughter of theirs,
  Lived for a while
Without hardly a care.

But when she grew old
  She lived in a shoe
  And had so many children
She didn’t know what to do…

For Grandfather Time –
  Left too long in that cupboard,
  Had eaten all up
What was left by Miss Hubbard.

So the youngsters went hungry –
  The cupboard being bare,
  And their mother (Miss Hubbard)
Fell into the depths of despair.
……………………………………………


Now you may of course wonder
  As often some do
  Why the hell this odd ditty
Is addressed to you.

Bad as it is –
  In rhyme and in verse,
  Its message I send
To prevent Old Hubbard’s curse
 
If you want the acquaintance
  Of Grandfather Time
  Follow these instructions
Before you get to your prime.

Don’t follow the Rabbit
  Or live in a shoe
  Don’t have so many ambitions
You don’t know what to do.

Find an old cupboard –
  A wardrobe is fine,
  Climb into its depths,
Pull the door close behind…

And breath in the essence
 Of all that is true;
 Time is your ‘Self’
When it discovers your ‘You’.
………………………………………………

Should you still be wondering
  What happened to Hubbard
  I’ll tell you quite plain –
She crept into that cupboard



Curling up tightly
  And now huddled in there
  She noticed the rabbit
vanished into thin air!