Uncle Shelby

My fav'rite book, The Giving Tree,

I've loved for forty years.

Our Uncle Shelby wrote it, see;

his message a frontier.

My mind developed alongside

his stories and his rhymes,

and since his death I've pined for lines

of wisdom that he chimed.

If such a thing was possible,

I'd have a pint or two

and probe his ghost for suitable

advice to get me through...

'Cause probably I've got some time,

for I've not reached my prime-

and I would love to make that climb

refined by his design.