Ode to Jack:
Jack, my old friend Jack, how I have spurned thee
I have ignored you every time I see you at the store
I have walked around you, or sped past you
Be not sad, friend Jack, it is not the reason you think
You never left me hurting as you did others
You never got me in trouble,
You never encouraged wildness from me
You did not make me happier, nor sadder,
You were simply always there for me, dear Jack.
It is because you were too good a friend to me
You comforted me when my life was in turmoil
When I could not sleep, you stayed with me until I could
When I could not think, you at least tried to help.
Though we could never think together any better than I alone.
You were the best friend a young man could have.
That is why I left you so long ago.
I need you Jack, every day and every hour
Until the day I no longer need you
Until the day I can live without wanting you
Until that day… I had to let you go.
I have ignored you every time I see you at the store
I have walked around you, or sped past you
Be not sad, friend Jack, it is not the reason you think
You never left me hurting as you did others
You never got me in trouble,
You never encouraged wildness from me
You did not make me happier, nor sadder,
You were simply always there for me, dear Jack.
It is because you were too good a friend to me
You comforted me when my life was in turmoil
When I could not sleep, you stayed with me until I could
When I could not think, you at least tried to help.
Though we could never think together any better than I alone.
You were the best friend a young man could have.
That is why I left you so long ago.
I need you Jack, every day and every hour
Until the day I no longer need you
Until the day I can live without wanting you
Until that day… I had to let you go.
Good-bye Jack.
