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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VACATION, by FAIRFAX DOWNEY
First Line: Where am I going? Damn if I know
Last Line: My folks expect I'll stick at home.
Subject(s): Home; Vacation
First Line: Where am I going? Damn if I know
Last Line: My folks expect I'll stick at home.
Subject(s): Home; Vacation
Where am I going? Damn if I know.
Now it's vacation time and so
A feller doesn't know where to blow --
Uptown, downtown? Damn if I know.
Where am I going? Hard to say,
With classes clean out of your way.
Mornings it's hard to get a date --
The big idea is sleeping late.
Vacation's good for seeing plays,
Both evenings and matinees.
The Follies are the stuff for us;
For Pete's sake, nothing serious.
Where am I going? Guess I'll check
Some of the dames I used to neck.
A little petting now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
I might try movies just for luck,
Or crawl into the festive Tuck
And tie ye bag upon ye nose
And feed ye face where liquor flows.
Where am I going? Damn if I know.
Most anywhere that fellers go.
It's funny, since the dope's to roam,
My folks expect I'll stick at home.
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