First we invented teenagers
With money
Then pop records
Selling romantic dreams
Then magnified mass-media-ed
The notion
Romantic love is everything it seems
Oh to find my destined
One and only
Dream the dream
On this my life depends
The wisdom of ages
Now discarded
Elvis Presley
Did you start all these trends?
The voice of other ages
In the dustbin
The counsel of our elders
Just old hat
To place all our eggs
In one romantic basket
Begs the question
Where’s the sense in that?
It’s friendship
That forms the true foundation
Rock solid love
Affection family
Built over time
And lasting for a lifetime
Companion of the ages
Pal of mine
Brian Fahy
24 October 2021
+Prompted by an article in today’s Observer, by Sonia Sodha, entitled Romantic partner? Who needs one…
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