In an age when celebrity worship is seen as the in thing <br />The praises of the wealthy and famous many love to sing <br />But few sing the praises of old Jim next door <br />Quite frail on his last birthday he turned eighty four, <br />A hard working fellow he has lived a hard life <br />Some six decades ago Marie his young wife <br />Died whilst giving birth to a still born baby boy <br />And heartbreak for Jim when there should have been joy <br />For years he grieved for his dead baby and for his dead soul mate <br />But in time even the greatest sorrow has a use by date <br />Lady luck to him she was so very unkind <br />And to life without a partner he became resigned <br />An old and frail fellow so few wish to know of him <br />But I for one will sing the praises of Jim.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/old-jim-next-door/
