An announcement arrives in the mail,
A reunion is planned; it'll be really grand;
Make plans to attend without fail.
I'll never forget the first time we met
We tried so hard to impress, We drove fancy cars, smoked big cigars, And
wore our most elegant dress.
The men all conversed about who had been first To achieve great
fortune and fame Meanwhile, their spouses described their fine houses
And the beauties their children became.
The homecoming queen, who once had been lean, Now weighed in at
one-ninety six. The jocks who were there had lost all their hair, And
the cheerleaders couldn't do kicks.
No one had heard about the class nerd
Who'd driven a rocket to the moon,
Or poor little Jane, who'd always been plain; She married a shipping tycoon.
The boy we'd decreed "most apt to succeed" Was serving ten years in the pen.
While the one voted "least" now was a priest. Just shows we're all wrong
now and then.
And now I can't wait! They've set the date. Our fiftieth is coming, I'm told.
It should be a ball, they've rented a hall
At the Shady Rest Home for the old.
Repairs have been made on my hearing aid, My pacemaker's tuned up to high,
My wheelchair is oiled, and my teeth have been boiled, And I've bought a
new wig and glass eye.
I'm feeling quite hearty, and I'm ready to party. I'm gonna dance 'til
dawn's early light. It'll be lots of fun; I just hope that there's one
Other person who can make it that nightSpecial thanks to Betty Patchadlo Lewis and Jim DuBois for submitting this one !!