The Retirement Years by Tony Fallon 12 2 2025 copyright

The retirement years have come at last Oh they have crept up o n me.fast

Nasty pains I get in my head and neckYesterday in the mirror I saw a wreck 

First aid won't  help the pain in my heelWhen I  go to church I  cannot k eel

Long gone are my teeth I  have no smileeI  can't sit long because of piles

The hair I  have left won't  sit neat I  have ingrown toenails on both my feet 

I  get pains when it rains in my varacous  veins

My nose runs like Niagara Blue cross won't  pay for viagara

Sometimes I'm  highly sedated And sometimes I'm  constipated 

The doctor says I shouldnt drive Eggs and tomatoes give me a hive

My heart has a flutter  so I  can't  eat butter

I can't  eat my favorite nuts They lodge for days in my guts

French fries have toomuch greaseI can't  eat duck I  can't  eat geese

I  check for sodium potassium and total fat Dietary fiber sugar and stuff like that

Vitamins herbs all kinds of pills Are fighting g aĺ my lousy ills

I eat salads and tofu before I nap But who the he'll wants to eat that crab

I eat an o ion or garlic we must part  Within a few minutes I  will pass wind 

Vicks for my nose drops for my eyesA Bottle of modicum guarantees. no surprise 

My favorite cigar I  can̈not smoke The nicotine might make me choke

No whoppers and definitely   no  MacThe fat might. cause a heart attack

Whisky wine and even Bud Mixed with my medicine are no good

I can't  eat pork or roasted veal Bran and baby food thats5 a big meal

I can't eat bologna  salami or ham And on my toast or bagel no butter or jam

The nutritionist  says you must eat more fish But a cheeseburger with fries that's my wish

Because of chloresterol  I  can't  eat red  eatAnd I can't  eat white bread only wheat

I hide in the closet and am discreet Whenever I'm  hungry and want to cheat

I hardly eat and am losing weight I'm so tired im5 in bed by eight

Almost every night I'm  in a dream Eating vanilla cherries and whipped cream 

In the morning I  don't  want to get dressed So then my wife says you're  depressed

She says she needs a vacation To get away from my hallucination

I thought my final years would be first class Not like hemorrhoids a pain in my ass,

The last two lines  can be 

Farse/Arse or Superior /Posterior 

My latest dream 11 11 25 copyright

 Last ightI drea ed of you we were walking mm no hand in hand

QWe were in Shannon Airport not on your hometown sand

I had come back for a long vacation before we met 

It had been so cold and the weather was often wet

You had come to visit an uncle next door resident

To make your acquaintance at first I was hesitant 

I knew if you ignored me it would be a heartbreaker

But your uncle was wise he be ame the mat maker

I guess he's wise with Patterson the heart

But if I return alone we'll be a thousand miles apart 

We knew a roma ce far from ho e could lead to dange 

But we cast peril to the wind in the la d of the stranger 

And so a took up thechalle number get as we were blindfolded 

And the biggest romance  of my life so far unfolded

Since we  were in the country  the village was isolated

And local couples only on the weekends dated

Local entertainment was limited if fact almost none

So going to town on weekends wa the place for fun

We used the relati es bicyclesand often. went for a walk

And with many of the neighbors we stopped for a talk

Within days we were everybody's  new friend

I could Seoul weren't happy your vacation would soon end

Will the break be clean tomorrow's or will we cling

Is this a real romance or just a summer fling

Will you be returning alone to your .Friday heat

Then parting with you in JFK will be bittersweet

Olana State Park by To y Fallon 2018

 I went to Ola and State Park and boy did I get a surprise

The beauty there before me opened up my eyes

A farm had bin purchase in the 1880's by a man named Church

He loved it's fields and meadows surrou ded b y oak ash and birch

For years a swamp was dud out as a manmade lake

This in the winter is a resting place  for goose duck and drake

It is a whole hillside with miles of spectacular  views

The first time he saw it it must've  chased away his blues

He must have looked in wonder ar the mountains far away

Which one ca so easily visit by motor car today

The sun shines on the Hudson often clogged with ice

As it meanders through the valley below this piece of Paradise

Broke broke broke

 Broke broke broke TonyFallonMay152025

I woke up this morning and realized I was broke

I didn't  have enough case to buy two cans of Coke

My credit card was maxed so l couldn't get an advance

I only had an e-bike which they will not refinance

I have no money to buy a gift for my girlfriend

And most of my family are in no mood to lend

I have been to the pawn shop to hock my guitar

The bank sent a row truck to repossess my car

It didn't matter much my insurance had elapsed

I shed so many tears in my last beers I almost collapsed 

My old boss and me did not agree so I was sacked

I missed four days in a row a breach of my contract

The union is fighting for me and will loan me a tent

The landlord says he'll evict me in a letter of intent

I better get a part time job for security and rent

I don't  think I'll be going to any st Patrick's day even

Over the years I've paid my bills I  was up to date

I'm  afraid not month's Visa payment will be late

When friends want a loan repaid I have some excuse

They often mention seeing me in bars soaking up booze

In my richer days of yore I  often freely lent

Had flashy clothes and cars and freely overspent

Because of excesses I'm reduced to public transportation 

And I guess next summer there will be no Irish vacation

I can't get a loan or gift a handout or an outright donation

When I  ask my children it becomes a confrontation

Because of bad management I  lack family support

I'm not so responsible I'm  often a wee bit short

If things don't quickly improve I may become a squatter

Instead of fancy resteraunts I be on a diet of bread and water.

MAY not be Spring May 8 2017

 MAY not be Spring MAY 8 2017

The weather is awful here there is no sign of spring

The birds are disillusioned they won't even sing

 It's  the eighth of May and early plants have been lost

Two and three nights ago we had many hours of frost

The skies are cloudy and dark the sun has rarely shown

The grass has not started growing and has not been mown

The nasty a winds have knocked the the crocus and daffodils 

And the iris has barely shown its leaves because of the chills,

There is a reluctance to dig gardens from Cairo to Leeds

And think of the coming harvest by sowing plants or seeds 

I looked up to the Catskill mountains and do you know?

The top of the mountains are covered with new snow

Quite a different story from the month of February

When they had no natural snow for the city folks to ski

Galway 2025 by Tony Fallon

 Galway 2025

In Roscommon town there will be an  Eater parade

Meanwhile in Galway fifteen men will not be afraid

The manager and selectors will be facing a major decision

As we face off against Galway also in the first division

All will want good weather without rain or cold breeze

As they play their first game after short trips overseas

To come back winners from Salthill is our utmost dream

So we must have great players and subs on our team

We must have high fielders who are not faint of heart

And attack the home town heroes from the very start

This is the first year of the new enhancement rules 

When players who give lip to the ref are considered fools

A simple foul of old days mean you are classified as cheaters

And the refere can move up the ball as much as fifty meters

Another major change which has been pushed through

If you kick over the bar from fifty yards it will count as two

So from this day on the long kickers will hold controls

Now three of those long ones count as much as two goals

There will be great expectations from the Murthagh brothers

But it's not a two man team we must depend on the others

When half time rolls around we should be ahead by five

Then in the second half our team goes into overdrive

The win goes to the team with the best sharpshooter 

I predict Roscommon will be ahead at the final hooter

Roscommon 2023

 I've  bèn in America now for more than 50 years

Today in front of my computer I  shed happy tears

In my head I  can still hear the Castlebar roar

But I  still want to sit there and cry a little more

At half time Roscommon was acting a little superior

Another day for our loyal fans not to feel inferior

Even the most loyal fans thought they had backed a tired horse

But David  was beating Goliath and doing it with force

How were they to know our horses were not buried

And that by fuĺ time it would be Mayo who was harried?