3

Expectations

     Freezing on a highway,
     Standing on a thumb,
     Today's barefoot hippy,
     Yesterday's beatnik bum.

     Thinking of the hopes
     Someday to come true,
     Possibly in a lifetime,
     Probably when life is through.

     Richard C. Hayner
     November, 1969 ©

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