Epilogue and Close Down

 

 

On the first day of this month

I posted “A Play on May”

And now for its epilogue

Here is what I have to say.

 

After this day in time

May 2022 will be no more

And of the impossibility of its recurrence

You can be absolutely sure.

 

No may or maybes about this

You can put your neck to the block,

For such could only be a possibility

If time should suddenly stop.

 

And it would have to stop today

So that May 31^st never end

And you and I both know

This can never happen, my friend.

 

So, what you planned for May

If by now you have not achieved,

Unless you move with unbridled speed

You definitely will not succeed.

 

 

We are into the epilogue of May

For May will pass away soon

And no may or maybes, my friend,

When this happens, it will be June.

 

Epilogue and Close Down

Used to be a “Rediffusion” theme,

Back then it used to be at 11:00 p.m.

But now there’s no such scene.

 

Some of you reading this

Are too young to be able to recall

When the only radio in Barbados

Was the one hanging on the wall.

 

Epilogue and Closed Down!

We have come to the end of May,

It has passed like a fleeting wind

And today is its final day.

 

Enjoy it to the max, I adjure you,

While you prepare to welcome June,

June begins the hurricane season

Hence, why we say, “too soon”.

 

Stewart Russell © May 31, 2022