by Georgie
When memory lets me down
Recalling names and dates and things
Can really make me frown
They call them �senior moments�
And I get them quite a lot
My �recall� button kinda sticks
My memory cells are shot
And so it was this morning
My poor old heart, it sank
As I gazed upon my diary page
My mind just went quite blank
I knew today was special
I was so cross with myself
Why had I marked, in highlight pen,
REMEMBER�..JANUARY 12th ?
I knew it wasn�t Christmas
That came two weeks ago
My Anniversary perhaps?
Nah! That�s in March, I know
As I chewed upon my bottom lip
I thought, �I�ll watch a tape��
�A tale of two time travellers
Befriended by an ape�
But when the tape was finished
I was still without a clue
Perhaps a bit of reading
Was the best thing I could do?
So, next I thumbed through GG scripts
But still I drew a blank
What was it going to take for me
To jog my memory bank?
And after that, still musing,
I decided I would play
A DVD, �Land of the Lost�
I�d bought it on eBay
I chewed upon a muffin as
The show came to a stop
I glanced at my �Ron Clock�, but still
The penny didn�t drop!
I looked up at my gallery
Himself there, wall-to-wall
But inspiration passed me by
A case of �No recall�
I leafed through pages of my book
A tale by Ed McBain
About some clever NY cops
�It didn�t jog my brain
I put the book back on the shelf
And heaved a mighty sigh
Then suddenly a treasured gift
Just chanced to catch my eye
Upon the shelf, beside the books
Just over to the right
A post card sent to me by Ron
Produced a �flash of light�
My memory banks were jolted
And I shouted out �Hooray�
�It is Ron who is the special chap�
His BIRTHDAY is today!!!�
It was Ron who starred as Virdon
On that planet with the ape
He was sick of those gorillas though
He wanted to escape
And, talking of Gorillas,
It will come as no surprise
Our Ron played tough man Garrison
Who led those GG guys
It was he who fought the sleestacks
In that faraway Lost place.
And that clock that Arnie gave me
Bore his pic upon its face.
And you�ll never guess, dear reader!
Here�s another funny thing!
He starred in �87th�
As the rookie �tec, Bert Kling
The clues that I was looking for
Were plain for me to see
But I was slow at spotting them
I�m silly as can be
And so, today, dear Ronald
Here are wishes just for you
For a Very Happy Birthday
And a year that�s fun all through!
