70

Dylan turned 70 – how could it be?
These times are a’changin’ for more folks than me.
Lennon and Jimi – if they’d still be living
Would also be 70 – death is forgiving.

Next year Aretha, Lou Reed, Carole King
Will all feel how 70 candles can sting.
Two Pauls – both McCartney and Simon, as well,
Will get to the point to toll 70’s knell.

Joan Baez beat her friend Bob to the punch.
Jerry Garcia respected his hunch;
For 70 means more than one touch of grey –
A Grateful Dead corpse won’t let age have its way.

These singers at 70 still sound like gold;
But man, oh man, 70! That just sounds OLD!