Let me take you to the land of dreams
where nothing ís ever as it seems.
This is no country for old men
living a half-forgotten past,
of liaisons that didn't last,
a bogus sense of déjà vu,
in today's era of #metoo,
reliving sexual desires
before their 'sell-by' date expires.
Were they ever gallants in their day,
Latin lover or would-be Don Juan,
Casanovas, with a blatant plan,
just sex without having to pay?
As time passes, they are now more frantic,
compensation in being romantic,
composing verses to assuage their needs,
desire in words, but seldom now in deeds.
This is indeed a land of fantasy
wet dreams replacing reality.
Adieu un homme jeune amoureux
enfin un vieillard malheureux!