Two men went for a drink one day,
and met upon the street.
They walked together and talked away,
off to the bar for a treat.
One man said to the other, "What's new?"
The other looked back and he said,
"Well, you know, I've got nothing else better to do,
what should I do now instead?"
The first man took up his brass watch nonchalant,
and twiddled his beard with his thumb.
He said, "We've more time than I'd ev'n hope to want!
We've got hours and hours, then some!"
So the two kept on walking,
round corners and bends.
As they kept right on talking,
they looked like old friends!
The two walked inside, all guffawing at jokes,
they sat at a bench in the middle.
They drank and they laughed at the elderly folks,
puzzled at each other's riddle.
They spoke and they gossiped of others in town,
of "children these days", and of work.
They talked of their wives back at home on their own.
They bantered all into night's murk.
When the night became weary and each man grew tired,
the barman did lead them outside.
One of them said, "S'pose a farewell's required?"
"Good night t'you!" The other replied.
-Lewie II
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