Old Mr Johnson the grumpy balding gray haired fellow he is one of those who does not know how to smile <br />Yet despite his sour face he does seem rather honest and he seems free of any sort of guile <br />With thick gray eyebrows his brow is always in a furrow and to very few he bother to say hello <br />Life must be sad for him the ageing loner for people like him too hard to get to know. <br /> <br />Six years ago his wife Mandy left him for another she did look rather classy on her day <br />But father time has left his mark upon her with brown hair dye she cloaks the silver gray <br />For three decades she was devoted to him far longer than most with one like him would stay <br />Bill her new love more easy going and jovial though his act to follow for him easy one might say <br /> <br />They raised a son and daughter Mr and Mrs Johnson and their children now have children of their own <br />And for the last few years of their marriage there was no love left between them and apart from each other they had grown <br />With his surly manner she had become disenchanted but Bill has brought the spark back to her life <br />And life goes on as usual for Mr Johnson he did not shed a tear for his ex wife. <br /> <br />He drinks alone when he is at the local pub, poor Mr Johnson does not have a mate <br />And life for him it cannot be easy he is getting on in years now sixty eight <br />And few if anybody want to know one who does not have the ray of happiness <br />And spare one thought at least for poor old Mr Johnson the gift of laughter he does not possess.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/mr-johnson/
