"assisted living"?

What’s in the news today?
Did we find a saviour?
Did the shepherd come off
his metaphysical hammock,
put his beer on ice
and make a phone call
to his earthly children?

Must be nice up there
in that cosmic nursing home,
angels changing bedpans
that probably smell like
Patchouli and lilacs.
Young Audrey Hepburns
and Grace Kellys
pushing lazy boy wheelchairs
and taking naps in the arms
Of saints and prophets.

I bet you can play bones
With Martin Luther King
And smoke cigars
With Mark Twain
While Hank Sr
Plays a string box
And sings sad songs.
I bet you can drink and joke
with Woody Guthrie
and Jack Kerouac,
chase skirts with Buddy Holly
and lay on your back
watching the sky turn colors
with Rumi and Ghandi,
play shuffleboard with John Lennon
and just philosophize with Ben Franklin.

What’s in the news today?
More greedy wars?
More global suffering?

Come lay on this hammock
with Audrey and me.
We’re just drinking lemonade
and watching the clouds roll on by.