Time Machine - With Half a Mind to Just Rewind

“You may delay, but time will not.”
Benjamin Franklin
(1706 – 1790)

Dear Tech Department, intervene!
I’d like to buy a time machine.
The hour has come; turn back the clock;
Don’t tell me that you’re out of stock.

Crank up those dials, make ‘em spin,
And make my face turn young again.
Erase the wrinkles years have wrought
Without a single afterthought.

Cause all my locks to shine anew,
In my original hair hue.
Reverse ill gravity’s effects,
And all my aging peers perplex.

Restore my balance, muscle tone,
But leave alone my funny bone.
I won’t mind, if it hurts a bit,
To gain the youthful benefit.

Then switch to neutral, make it stop,
And I’ll send others to your shop.
If you can make my life stand still,
My friends shall buy it too; they will!

c2008 by Linda Ann Nickerson

(Upon request for Sunday Scribblings.)