Array ( [sid] => 184899 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => That Is Why I Followed You [time] => 2018-02-26 17:36:43 [hometext] => [bodytext] => I followed an old man down the street
Rather quietly and discrete
I always had a notion we/'/d once meet
He had thick gray hair and was acutely aware
He wore a red ball cap that read United Way
Thick rimmed glasses so he could see close
But not far away, I guess he preferred it that way
We stopped at a sign at the end of the street
Finally we did meet
He smiled and said hi
His face turned beet red when I started to cry
He had no words to say
But just couldn/'/t turn away
He looked me over rather confused
Me, I didn/'/t care cause I had nothing to lose
He said cheer up sonny if you want I can say something funny
I told him I had a joke for him as well
He smiled and said please do tell
I told him I once had a plan
To walk downtown and follow an old man
I/'/d meet him at the crosswalk
Say hi and get in a little small talk
When I got his attention, I thought I/'/d mention
I/'/m the son he never knew
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That Is Why I Followed You
Date: Monday, 26th February 2018 @ 05:36:43 PM AEST
Topic: Sad Poetry

Contributed By: jamesstockdale
I followed an old man down the street
Rather quietly and discrete
I always had a notion we/'/d once meet
He had thick gray hair and was acutely aware
He wore a red ball cap that read United Way
Thick rimmed glasses so he could see close
But not far away, I guess he preferred it that way
We stopped at a sign at the end of the street
Finally we did meet
He smiled and said hi
His face turned beet red when I started to cry
He had no words to say
But just couldn/'/t turn away
He looked me over rather confused
Me, I didn/'/t care cause I had nothing to lose
He said cheer up sonny if you want I can say something funny
I told him I had a joke for him as well
He smiled and said please do tell
I told him I once had a plan
To walk downtown and follow an old man
I/'/d meet him at the crosswalk
Say hi and get in a little small talk
When I got his attention, I thought I/'/d mention
I/'/m the son he never knew
That is why I followed you

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