The Last Time

If I had the green,
I would build a time machine.
I could quit the daily grind
And I would leave this awful time.

I would go to Victorian England
To have lunch with Oscar Wilde.
Maybe warn him of the future
So he might have stayed alive.

I'd wanna be friends
With my mom in her twenties
And with Warhol and his pals,
New York City in the seventies.

And when I'm old and gray,
I'll return to see it through, and
I'd spend the last of my time
Right here with you.

I would hug my grandpa
Go be a cowgirl for a while
I don't think I'd miss the Internet
But I sure would miss your smile.

And when I'm old and gray,
I'll return to see it through, and
I'd spend the last of my time
Right here with you.
--Lucy Knisley