Over Forty or Under Fourteen

It's fine over forty, or under fourteen,

But imagination best not be caught in between.

For the young, it's more than okay to pretend,

From birth 'til young manhood brings childhood's end.

Then, once you reach middle age or so,

It's 'cute' that your dreams live on, one more go.

Caught in between, and you're “one of those artist types.”

(I'm 'one of those', but I'm no artist; don't be buyin' that hype.)

Imagination, when found in young men, is called weird.

(I embrace that, as seen in the shape of my beard.)