Life’s looking pretty flushed today
Charged particles go rushing by
Past ruddy cheeks and setting jaws
It’s January of the modern age

The Universe has lost its way
My mind’s expanding uselessly
Expatriated brain cells fight
For 2008 strange thoughts

And Everything is speeding up
la caravane passe vite, said you
She asked me how old
I happened to be
So I answered her forty two