S You look much the same, Harry <br />H You don’t look much different, Sam <br />S Though times change <br />H They don’t stay the same <br />S Or perhaps they seem to change <br />H Or seem to be different <br />S And we change too <br />H We’re not quite the same <br />S Though perhaps they only seem to change because we’ve changed <br />H Perhaps we’re different and they only seem to change <br />S On the other hand, perhaps times do change and we only seem to change <br />H Perhaps we only seem to change because times do change <br />S Or perhaps both change <br />H Perhaps neither stay the same <br />S That would make it difficult to tell <br />H It wouldn’t be easy <br />S Perhaps you’ve changed and I don’t notice it <br />H Or perhaps I’ve changed and you don’t notice it <br /> S I feel mostly the same, though <br />H I don’t feel much different <br />S Though in some ways I feel different <br />H I don’t feel quite the same myself <br />S Life moves on <br />H It doesn’t stay the same <br />S Though I’d know you anywhere <br />H I can’t imagine not knowing you. Anywhere. <br />S Our plays change, but the dialogue…don’t you think? <br />H They are different, but the dialogue…as you say.. <br />S Alive or dead… the play doesn’t change… <br />H Dead or alive…the play stays much the same, , , <br />S Though the dialogue… <br />H Ah yes, the dialogue… <br />S Yours, for instance… <br />H Or indeed, yours… <br />S That dictum of Ovid… <br />H Ah yes, Ovid’s dictum... <br />S So true… <br />H Not untrue… <br />S Plus ca change... as they say, Harry... <br />H... plus ca la meme chose, as they say, Sam... <br /> <br /> <br />(Curtain) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />For Jerry.<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/samuel-and-harold-discuss-ovid-s-dictum/
