Not Only Nineteen

Not Only Nineteen

1.  Got-a pick, & chews [1]!

Plays guitar, & sings.

Which name do I use, -

sounds right, & it “rings”?

Samuel

Sam                                                              Muscles                       Sa-mule

Sam-u-all                                                  Funky Sam                 Sam U well (?)

Say-yum!                                                  Sam the Man            Would Whittle

Samuel Whiskers                               Whiskers                     Whiskey

Zeus                                                             Zoos                              Knife Knave

Backwards LEUMAS (Monkey)                                           Bang-Master

Sam of “Sam & the boys”

2.        He has reached nineteen,

hard working he is.

Sometimes he is seen

doing jobs not his,

3.        helping others out,

giving them a hand,

but not if there’s doubt

whether they are: sound

4.        in motive, or fair-

dinkum, for if so

he might shoot a prayer,

but do their work? No!

5.        Learning to be less

stubborn in his views,

poor bloke; can you guess

(- do you know the news)?

6.        Who’s his (mum &) dad?

What hope has he got?

It would be quite sad -

sad if it were not

7.        for that other line

of ancestry here.

One that’s good & fine,

one that makes us cheer!

8.        The line that he’s tapped

into (with a hum),

the beat that is rapped

on a different drum,

9.        by the one who’s capped

(from above, he’s come):

“The Master” - who’s lapped

all others - He  won!

10.   “Nineteen” is now whose?

- not owned by himself -

Genes now help him (choose),

and his “old-man” ’s wealth!

11.   Wow! He’s found a good

secret, if ever

one was found that could

shake up and sever

12.   the vicious cycle,

that takes us all down,

like a big whirlpool.

He has learned to frown

13.   at ancestry from

below; yet still be

“like father, like son”.

Yeshua’s the key!

14.   For He is Father

of his children, and

small son who’d rather

hold the Father’s hand.

15.   He shows us how to

be parent, & child.

How to live in love,

the right kind of wild!

16.   “Nineteen” ’s determined

to learn from his new

dad, thus not spurnin’

what genes “make” you do,

17.   also to listen

to his every word,

such jewels that glisten,

not this world’s absurd

18.   lust for independ-

-ence from He who would

lead us to an end

which is strong & good,

19.   and new beginning

(just like being born

years ago - Nineteen)

also each new morn!

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[1] Especially now that he’s finished with his braces!