When it be time,
I was to find
To reach a place
Alleged babyhood,
Held gentle space
Said pre childhood,
Where puerile stood
To enter meant hood,
Hence soon to face,
Adulthood first embrace …
Alas these hoods end
For an ensuing bend,
Means take effect,
Be wise elder hood,
Where chance detects
Hoped sprightly mind,
Whose wit allows time
Bear last hood’s oblige,
Thus meant organize
For predictable slide,
To that grave final hood!