Airshipitis

When the world is goin’ wrong

An’ you’ve lost your thread uv song,

When the fates hev been unkind,

Worried body, soul an’ mind,

When you’re downcast let your eye

Turn its focus on the sky,

Maybe you will ketch a sight

Uv an airship in its flight.

When you cannot fall asleep,

Troubles rack you dark an’ deep,

When you roll from side to side

With your eyelids open wide,

Do not lie all night and swear

Walk into the open air,

Look above, perhaps you’ll sight

Airships sailing through the night.

Ef you want to happy be

You must look up, yes sir-ee;

Look above the common things

Which the daily routine brings.

Tip your chin and let your eye

Sweep the thickly peopled sky;

There you’ll see, unless you’re blind,

Lots of airships in your mind.

Dec. 24, ‘09