"Here abouts I sit again,
Wonderin? how I survived the game,
I wonder if you think of me?
Do I elicit emotion in thee?
My marriage to you, with years gone by,
Left alone with only the dye,
No longer does youth find me free,
To God I submit, and duty be,
Permit me to love and laugh in grace,
Before my body is laid in lace,
Here abouts I sit again,
Did you ever love me while playin' the game?"
sj
