Bubble Gut & Hippy Sways
Let me tell you, those were the days.
The days of Bubble Gut and Hippy Sways.
What the hell?, you may say.
Let me tell you about those days.
Bubble Gut & Hippy Sways were a pair.
Both of them had crinkle cut hair.
They attracted attention everywhere.
It wasn’t just their looks, I swear.
They said & did things differently.
What they were was what you see.
Both were a funny sight to me.
They said they were just being free.
Their nicknames came from their looks.
A big ‘bubble gut’, one for the books.
Broad, broad hips that swayed & shook.
They definitely would make you look.
They always talked in rhymes & riddles.
It would make you feel left out, a little.
One played a harp, the other a fiddle.
Their opinions were right down the middle.
They were the talk of the entire school.
The butt of frequent jokes—-, many knew.
It was a lot of hell that they went through.
But, to each other, they were always true.
We often wondered what happened to them.
Since they weren’t among our usual friends.
Were they successful?—— It depends.
Whatever, they will be remembered, till the end.
——————————————R.W. Johnson—–(2020)