<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=535801" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Goodbye To The Old Life</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Goodbye to the old life,<br>to the sadness of rooms<br>where my family slept as I sat</div><div style="margin:10px 0">late at night on my<br>island of light among papers.<br>Goodbye to the papers</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and to the school for the rich<br>where I drove them, dressed up<br>in a tie to declare who I was.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Goodbye to all the ties<br>and to the life I lost<br>by declaring, and a fond goodbye</div><div style="margin:10px 0">to the two junk cars that lurched<br>and banged through the campus<br>making it sure I would never fit in.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Goodbye to the finest campus<br>money could buy, and one<br>final goodbye to the paycheck</div><div style="margin:10px 0">that was always gone<br>before I got it home.<br>Farewell to the home</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and a heartfelt goodbye<br>to all the tenants who rented<br>the upstairs apartment,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">particularly Mrs. Doucette,<br>whose washer overflowed<br>down the walls of our bathroom</div><div style="margin:10px 0">every other week, and Mr. Green,<br>determined in spite of the evidence<br>to learn the electric guitar.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And to you there, the young man<br>on the roof turning the antenna<br>and trying not to look down</div><div style="margin:10px 0">on how far love has taken you,<br>and to the faithful wife<br>in the downstairs window</div><div style="margin:10px 0">shouting, &quot;That's as good<br>as we're going to get it,&quot;<br>and to the four hopeful children</div><div style="margin:10px 0">staying with the whole program<br>despite the rolling picture<br>and the snow - goodbye,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">wealth and joy to us all<br>in the new life, goodbye!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Wesley+McNair">Wesley McNair</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=535801" data-title="Goodbye To The Old Life de Wesley McNair" data-description="Goodbye to the old life, to the sadness of rooms where my family slept as I sat late at night on my island of light among papers. Goodbye to the papers and to the school for the rich where I drove them, dressed up in a tie to declare who I was. ..."></div> </div> </div>

solid border dashed border dotted border double border groove border ridge border inset border outset border no border blue green red purple cyan gold silver black