Hard Times

                     I've been beat on, spit on,
                     I've been kicked and shoved.
                     I've been shit on and bit
                     by a tamed turtle dove.

                     Sand has been kicked in my face
                     on that great beach of life.
                     And on top of all this
                     I'm fighting internal strife!

                     But it's not all as bad
                     as it appears to be.
                     I've still got my health
                     and my sanity.

                     The song birds still sing
                     from the tree tops above.
                     I've got family and friends
                     and I know that I'm loved.

                                         15 June 1983