Don't Rain On My Parade

Portland is "The City Of Roses" & in late May & early June the city celebrates with The Rose Festival (established in 1907). This means 2 parades - The Starlight & The Grand Floral, the "Fun Center" on the waterfront, the presentation of the Rose Princesses & crowning of the Rose Queen, Dragon Boat Races & the one & only thing I enjoy about the festival- FLEET WEEK.

Portland is blessed with cool wet springs & many a Rose Festival has been held in the most miserable of cold pounding rainstorms. Crabby old man that I am, I always get a good chuckle out of a parade ruined by sheets of rain pouring down on the unfortunate hordes. Not this year... Portland has had a week + of mid-80s & sunny days & beautiful nights. Those conditions are predicted to last through the weekend & for the next 10 days. Damn!

I really dislike anytime there is a large gathering of people who aren't usually there (unless they are there to see me). This would include: Renaissance Fairs, Folklife Festivals, state & county fairs, & my most dreaded - parades. I work in downtown Portland & tonight is the Starlight Parade. The parade-goers start camping out on the parade route 24 hours before the event. I will get off work at 8pm & will have to find my way home through the parade route. The parade actually wraps around the building that I work in. Besides having to deal with the horrid crowds & their children, in from the suburbs, I actually might run into one of that most disturbing of characters- a clown! But then, I also stand a good chance of running into a lonely sailor, on his first visit to Portland, asking for directions.

This Really Happened

At work, while pulling a double shot of espresso, I had failed to notice that the second shot was not finished pouring. I had pulled the cup away, but the shot continued to pour. Embarrassed, I quickly replaced the cup. As I turned back to the handsome customer to apologize, he made eye contact with me & said- " Oh, man! You pulled that out so fast...I thought I was gonna loose your shot!"

Words To Live By

"Be who you are & say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter & those who matter don't mind."
Dr. Seuss

25 years ago today

1984 was my favorite year. I have a future post with the specifics, but in a nutshell:
1. I lived in Seattle, a spectacular & vibrant city that was just coming into it's own as a world player
2. I shared my very cool top floor, prewar apartment on Capitol Hill with my hot/sexy/talented boyfriend of 5 years ( 5 years?!? Who did we know that had been together that long?!?)
3. I had single digit body fat & worked out like a fiend 6 days a week
4. I had a very funny & very showy part in the biggest hit show in town (it ran for 18 months) in which I appeared almost naked (hence the gym regiment)
5. I had just signed with the best agency in town- The Carol James Agency
6. I loved being in my 30s
7. I ran with an interesting & talented crowd
8. I was a minor celebrity
9. I had hair on my head, but not in my ears
10. I was joyously & madly in love with a man, with my life, & I was 100% out of the closet

I loved the music of the 80s & I had this new invention- a WALKMAN, so I could enjoy music wherever I went. The number 1 song twenty-five years ago today was Lionel Richie's HELLO. I did NOT dig this song at the time, but it was ubiquitous that spring. I have now come to really like & admire HELLO in two cover versions in my collection. One is by Shirley Bassey & I give you the other, by last year's winner of American Idol-David Cook :

Words To Live By

I am an avid reader (for someone who is dyslexic too!). I usually have more than one book going, one for the MAX train & one for at home, & in the summer, one for the beach. I subscribe to 22 magazines, which I read as a book- from front to back, letters to the editor to appendix.The magazine habit started when my Aunt Sharon gave me a subscription to The New Yorker & Variety when I was 8 years old. I collect certain writes & genres. I have gone through phases of The Algonquin Round Table & Bloomsbury groups. My favorite book is The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon. I love to get lost in a good novel, but I tend to move toward biographies, memoirs & essays. A great way for me to waste a rainy afternoon in winter is to slowly leaf through a "coffee table" book likeThe Hill Towns of Italy.

A book arrived on Friday & the husband was all- "what is it, what is it?". I unwrapped- The Selected Essays Of Gore Vidal (an author I collect) & the husband (quite the reader himself) looked crest fallen & dryly tossed off (in the manner of Mr. Vidal, himself)- "But, of course".

"A narcissist is someone better looking than you are"
Gore Vidal

Remember Those Lost In Iraq

U.S. Confirmed Deaths Reported Deaths: 4300

Confirmed Deaths: 4295

Pending Confirmation: 5

My Hero!

This past week, it came to light that a very important player in the life of the husband, & me, & our life as a couple, has been complaining to the husband about me. I am not even slightly upset with Mr. X, although why, after two years of spending time with us & knowing me pretty darn well, would Mr. X choose to complain to the husband about my penchant for booze, pot & procrastination is a tiny bit surprising.

The husband has long been my most loving, but toughest (& by that I mean-honest) critic of my behavior, clothing choices, drinking, drugging, garden design, acting, singing & writing. He is very nearly always correct. He is honest to a fault, as in answering- “YES” to the query- “Does this outfit make me look fat?” So… it was a bit of a surprise to discover that the husband was very unhappy about the complaints by Mr. X & that he stuck up for me, stuck by me & defended my honor.

I adore & cherish Mr. X. He is an amazing, very attractive, talented & accomplished man. I am pleased to have him in my life. I am better man for knowing him. I am not surprised that he finds pieces of my personality & lifestyle disagreeable… I am after all, very much in touch with my inner-grouch & inner-slut & I have a hedonistic bent. I own up to being opinionated & a tad bit louche. I really don’t mind that Mr. X lives a life just short of being a nun. In my defense, I am also a good & loyal friend, responsible, honest, good at my job & generous to a fault.

The husband has always been quick with praise when I get it right. "You should always wear blue. It brings out your beautiful soulful eyes"- is lovely to hear. He was always lavish in his praise of performances that he found to be especially good. He will still tell friends & acquaintances how much he loved my work in his favorites- Horace Vandegelder in Hello, Dolly!, Hysterium in A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum or "LM" in Pump Boys & Dinettes... or even compliments that are qualified- "You were the only good thing in Side By Side By Sondheim." I am always thrilled & warmed by his-"The garden looks so beautiful". I actually glowed when our friend Bryan told me that one day at Rooster Rock, while sunbathing, the husband turned turned to him & announced- "Stephen doesn't even seem to realize it, but he has the most beautiful & original singing voice, especially when he was doing jazz with a jazz trio... even I was shocked by how good he can be."

I really wish, beyond all measure, that the husband & Mr. X would have no bad energy between them, especially because of me. I am deeply touched & somewhat taken aback by the husband’s defense of me. When I mentioned how I felt about this to the husband, as we went to bed last night, he tenderly said- “Yeah? Well complaining about you is MY JOB & not for ANYBODY else!”

The painting is by one of my favorite American painters- Marsden Hartley (1877-1943)

New TV

I love challenging, well produced TV shows. AMC's Mad Men is my current & possible all time favorite. I also really get into Weeds & 30 Rock. I also enjoy junk: The Real Housewives of NY, Project Runway, So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing with the Stars, Amazing Race, & Top Chef.

Last night the husband & I caught the new show (we DVRed it from Tuesday) - GLEE. We laughed until we cried. The show centers around the teachers & students involved in the Glee Club at McKinley High School. It is played broadly, but avoids stereotypes & cliches. The cast is excellent & off beat & features the delicious Jane Lynch as a cheer leading coach. The pilot aired on Tuesday night & the series continues in the fall. Can't wait!

"If I Could Turn Back Time" Maybe you don't know, but gay men love her- Happy Birthday, Cherilyn Sarkisian Bono Allman

"It really bothers me when I see people doing my mother in drag. I mean, just imagine if you saw people doing that with your mother."
Chastity Bono, in Portland Oregon's Just Out Newspaper.

She has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, & three Golden Globe Awards for her work in film, music and television. Cher is the only female solo artist to reach the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in each of the previous four decades. Moonstruck is on of my top ten movies of all time (& one of my favorite soundtrack albums).

“Men should be like Kleenex, soft, strong and disposable.”

"Don't take your toys inside just because it's raining."
Cher

Men I Am Zany For... #5

Jamie Foxx

Poor Jamie Foxx... all he has going for him are acting chops, perfect comic timing, great classical musician, excellent Hip-Hop artist, gracious under pressure & yummy, sexy/hot good looks.

A Moment

"We are stardust, we are golden & we have to get ourselves back to the garden"

Joni Mitchell

I was standing on our front porch yesterday, surveying what had been lost in one of our worst winters ever (the banana didn't make it), & reserving the right to change my mind about certain plantings. It was a near perfect morning, 75 & sunny, & I was looking forward to an entire day off from work. As I was taking stock of the garden closest to the front porch, I heard a flutter & sweet twittering song & glanced up to see an iridescent blue-green hummingbird. He hovered just three feet away from me & then chose to play, splash & bathe in our simple front porch water feature. I stood perfectly still, hoping the dogs would not show up at the front door & spoil the moment. I watched entranced as the hummer dipped, splashed & drank from the center fountain for about 5 minutes & then off he flew away. Transcendent.

I have designed & planted our gardens, front & back, to attract wildlife & there is often a pay off: Scrub Jays enjoying the suet, Monarchs in the buddleia, Dragonflys in the water features, tiny little Tits in the fennel... but the encounter with the hummingbird seemed particularly thrilling.

Gay Pride, Musical Comedy Queens... & Howard Ashman, born on this day- May 17th 1950

One of my favorite things about Gay Pride Parades are all the sub-sets in Gaydom: Bears, Twinks, Leather Daddies, Dykes On Bikes, Gay Parents of Gifted Children, Gay Presbyterians, Gay AA, Gay AAA, Transgendered Employees of The Gas Company, The Polyamorous V-8 Club, Lesbian Librarians, Radical Faires & The Sprites That Love Them, Butches & Fems, Leather Men That Like To Knit, Faggot Cheerleaders, Bisexual Small People, Senior Lesbian Couples That Raise Chickens, Gay Male Interior Designers With Jack Russell Terriers, Silver Foxes, Gays Who Watch Fox News, Tweakers Who Twitter, Gay Mayors In A Heap O' Trouble, & Middle Aged Recovering Musical Comedy Queens.... all marching together in pride.

I was a berserk MUSICAL COMEDY QUEEN from the very beginning. When I was 10 years old, I was fascinated, entranced & obsessed with my parents' Original Cast Album of My Fair Lady. It had a Hirshfeld drawing of George Bernard Shaw as- God, the puppeteer in the clouds, with Julie Andrews & Rex Harrison as marionettes. To this day my image of God is George Bernard Shaw pulling the strings. I loved the music so much & would come home every day from school, put the album on the stereo & sing all the parts of this amazing musical. I was very effective as Alfred Doolittle, even at 10 years old (a character actor from the start). As a child, I would go to Woolworth's & scour the cut-out bin for obscure Original Cast Albums like Goldilocks, Salad Days, Greenwillow, Cindy, Henry, Sweet Henry, & the cast albums of the Finnish & Japanese companies of Hello, Dolly!.

After a few decades, I seemed to loose interest in musicals, as my tastes moved to Rock n' Roll & Pop & I opted out of the entire Miss Saigon, Sunset Boulevard, Le Miz, Cats era of musicals. I still loved performing in musicals, but I no longer spent an afternoon playing & singing along to Original Cast Albums.... until Little Shop of Horrors in 1982. This musical sent me over the edge again & I spent the summer of 1983 in our apartment on Capitol Hill in Seattle, singing Suddenly, Seymour.

Howard Ashman was director, lyricist & book writer for the 1980 Broadway musical, Smile (music by Marvin Hamlisch). Along with Alan Menken, Ashman was the co-recipient of two Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes & two Oscars. His second Academy Award in 1992 was awarded posthumously for Best Song & was accepted by his partner, Bill Lauch.

The song writing team of lyricist Howard Ashman & composer Alan Menken earned their greatest fame scoring animated classics The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast. Born in Baltimore on this day- May 17th 1950, he studied at Boston University before earning his master's degree from Indiana University in 1974. He then relocated to New York City, accepting a publishing job while moonlighting as a playwright. Dreamstuff, his musical adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest, was soon produced at the WPA Theatre, where Ashman served as artistic director from 1976 to 1982. For 1979's musical adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater he first teamed with Alan Menken, also his collaborator on 1982's Little Shop of Horrors. Based on the 1960 Roger Corman B-movie cult classic, Little Shop of Horrors was an unprecedented success; the highest-grossing production in off-Broadway history, it earned the New York Drama Critics Award & the Drama Desk Award. The 1986 film version also earned Ashman & Menken an Academy Award nomination for the newly added song Mean Green Mother From Outer Space. With the Disney release of The Little Mermaid, they scored an Oscar for Under the Sea, & won again, two years later with the title song Beauty and the Beast. Beauty & The Beast remains the only animated film to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Film. It was produced by, screenplay by & lyrics by Howard Ashman. Sadly, Ashman died of complications from AIDS on March 14, 1991; prior to his death, he & Menken completed three songs for the 1992 Disney feature Aladdin, receiving their final joint Academy Award nomination for A Friend Like Me.


MY FAVORITE ASHMAN LYRIC is Somewhere That's Green:
Seymour's the greatest
But I'm dating a semi-sadist
So I've got a black eye
& my arm's in a cast.
Still, that Seymour's a cutie
Well, if not, he's got inner beauty & I dream of a place
Where we could be together at last

A matchbox of our own
A fence of real chain link,
A grill out on the patio
Disposal in the sink
A washer & a dryer & an ironing machine
In a tract house that we share
Somewhere that's green.
He rakes & trims the grass
He loves to mow & weed
I cook like Betty Crocker & I look like Donna Reed
There's plastic on the furniture
To keep it neat & clean
In the Pine-Sol scented air
Somewhere that's green
Between our frozen dinner & our bedtime, nine-fifteen
We snuggle watchin' Lucy
On our big, enormous twelve-inch screen
I'm his December Bride
He's Father, he Knows Best
Our kids watch Howdy Doody
As the sun sets in the west
A picture out of Better Homes & Gardens magazine...
Far from Skid Row
I dream we'll go
Somewhere that's green.

Adele & cell phones

The husband & I joined the 21st century. We got cell phones. This was another very good lesson in "never say never". I had announced, for years, that I would never live anywhere smaller than Seattle or that was not on the coast...so, I up & moved to Portland! I said that I would never get a tattoo...& we know how that turned out. But, I swore that I would never get a CELL PHONE. Inappropriate cell phone use has long been one of my pet peeves, & most cell phone use seems inappropriate to me. Well damn... now I am entranced with my phone that takes pictures, receives the Internet, is a calendar & reminder, texts & has ring tones! I am addicted after one week! I have been taking random pics of hot guys & though I have never been a "phone person", I like the fact that I can reach the husband whenever I need.
This song is six months old. I still love it & I was thinking about it while using the cell phone this afternoon. Why? I love Adele & I am crazy for this song. She is amazing... the new MaMa Cass? A bit, but sexy & beautiful on her own.

Mix It Up

As I have already posted, music is a major force in my life. I have been enjoying putting together a customized music mix each month & often an additional mix for a major event. I have thousands of CDs & I have downloaded hundreds of songs. I am working on the June Mix right now & at the same time putting the finishing touches on the very fabulous Gay Pride Mix 09. Putting the mixes together is a real joy & they are much anticipated & enjoyed by my small circle of friends & a diverse selection of acquantinces.


Here is the May Mix:
RAINY DAYS & MONDAYS- Cracker
I WANT TO BE HAPPY- Ella Fitzgerald
I WANT A LITTLE SUGAR IN MY BOWL- Queen Latifah
FUNNY THE WAY IT IS- Dave Matthews Band
ALL OVER THE WORLD- Pet Shop Boys
POWER TO THE PEOPLE- The Black Eyed Peas
POKER FACE- Lady GaGa
RELAX (Ollie J Mix)- Frankie Goes To Hollywood
RELAX - Mikah
RIDE TO HEAVEN- Ari Gold
PRIDE-IN THE NAME OF LOVE- Nouvelle Vague
RAINING ON SUNDAY- Keith Urban
RAY"S DAD'S CADILLIAC- Joni Mitchell
THE RAINBOW CONNECTION- Peter Cincotti

This Really Happened

I am the store director & buyer for a very nice, upscale (Dean & Delucca-ish) gourmet food store. I was stepping in on the hot soup line to give the regular staffer a lunch break. I was stirring the ladle in a copper pot full of Tortilla-Lime soup. A very “west hills” lady, with perfect French manicure & tennis bracelet, raised her Gucci sunglasses off her nose, looked me in the eye & as I stirred she said:
“Would you pull it out so I can see how thick it is?”

Happy Mothers Day

graffitti spotted on a London wall:

My mother made me a homosexual

if i bought the yarn...would your mother make me one?

Quote Of The Day

"You know what they say: You can't teach a gay dog straight tricks."

Chef, "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride," South Park written by Trey Parker & Matt Stone

the picture is of our gay dog- Junior

New Music

Not so new...I have been loving it for a few months (it was featured on my much admired APRIL MIX), but the husband mentioned this morning, as he left for his day (looking handsome in crisp linen), that he really was loving this song. So, with his special blessing, I give you Israeli musician- Oren Lavie & Her Morning Elegance with this elegant video:

movie recommendation

I don’t usually come across a film that involves gardening as a major plot device. (The only other one that comes to mind is The Secret Garden.) Can you think of one?

The husband & I stumbled on Greenfingers (2000) while surfing through the offerings on "on demand" by the evil Comcast. I give a big chunk of my earnings to Comcast because I like to have every channel available to me. A boy likes to have his options open. We decided to watch it primarily because Clive Owen is in it.

Gardening is a national passion in Britain. From the designers at the RHS Chelsea Show, to rural village, to urban guerilla gardeners, everywhere you look, you will find gardens in Britain... even in prisons. Clive Owen plays a murderer who is sent to a progressive prison where he discovers he has "greenfingers" (the British equivalent of our greenthumbs).

If you believe in the restorative power of gardening, then you will like Greenfingers. It hovers in the territory of heartwarming without quite being twee, thanks to a great cast. Helen Mirren is especially fun as Georgina Woodhouse, a Martha Stewart-type garden writer.

Greenfingers is a "heartwarming comedy" in the same vein as Saving Grace & Waking Ned Devine & those like-minded British comedies. The basic plot centers around a group of hardened prisoners who become gardeners as their rehabilitation work. They gradually really love learning about how to make plants & flowers grow. Once it's found out how talented they have become, they are allowed to enter their garden in a major British garden show.

The movie stars the very talented & especially yummy Clive Owen, who I first noticed in Croupier & Gosford Park, & the great Helen Mirren. The acting is very good by all the cast & the story is interesting & up-lifting. It has a funny script with a gentle humor. The soundtrack contains great songs by U2 & Bruce Springsteen.

What I really appreciated about this film is that it is heartwarming & touching without being treacly, sentimental or corny. It's not an emotional powerful movie or loaded with slapstick humor, but the story & the way it lets you get to know each character makes this a most entertaining film. Helen Mirren is especially good (when isn't she?) & did I mention CLIVE OWEN (shirtless at one point)!

Word To Live By

"When you face such an overwhelming challenge as global climate change, it can be daunting - it's kind of like trying to lose weight."

US Secretary of State- Hillary Clinton.

1979

The husband & I will be celebrating our 30th anniversary in October. People ask me how we have lasted so long. I truthfully respond- "time just went by fast". The number one song on May 7, 1979 was Heart Of Glass by Blondie & oh, how I loved that tune. It has such a great riff. I still dig Blondie & I idolize Debbie Harry, who looks fabulous at almost 64! I feel like a little Blondie today.

Quote Of The Day

The husband's favorite, he even has it framed:

"everything will be ok in the end.
if it's not ok, it's not the end."
(unknown)

Men I Am Zany For... #4

HUGH JACKMAN!

He’s a triple threat: a star who can sing, dance, & act (and wield a weapon). At 6" 2'', all scruff & muscle, the Aussie Hugh Jackman, at 40 years old, looms large & leaves me stammering, "Oh, my God!".

I found him to be suave, charming & funny as host of the Oscars & Tonys. People Magazine says he is the Sexiest Man Alive...& why would I argue?

X-Men Origins: Wolverine opened huge this past weekend & received terrible reviews. That says something about his star power.

Random

A random list of things that I like a great deal:

My husband
Summers in Portland
Making lists:
http://listverse.com/
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
Sex
Cocktails
Hot tubs
Bed-headed skater boys
Pizza
The Obama family
Ipods
The first ½ hour of the Today Show
Listening to music
Thunder & lightning
Gardens
The World Wide Web
Magazines
Having $ in the bank
Wholesale
NYC
Mad Men
The Gym
Drag Queens
Dogs
Sauvie Island & Rooster Rock
Ugly Betty
Blogging
My Job
Good friends- old & new
30 Rock
Good movies that move me, make me think or make me laugh
Naked men
Ampersands
Beer
Walking/hiking
Being gay
(I consider it a gift from God… really. Otherwise, I would be a middle aged white straight male)
The ocean
Collections
The big four award shows
Dragonflies
Robins

A random list of things that I truly dislike:

Being broke
Closet cases
Going to the dentist
Religious fundamentalists
Jackhammers
Leaf blowers
People who walk 3 or 4 across on the sidewalk
Parking on the sidewalk
People that don’t pick up their dog poop
Talking during a movie
Inappropriate cell phone use
Crazy, berserk, fact challenged conservative Christians
Having exotic wild animals as pets
Carl Rove
Dolls
Nazis
Puppets
Full price retail
Syringes
Racism * sexism * homophobia
Vomit
Waiting in line
Comcast (although I do nothing about it)
Not using your turn indicator
People who don’t vote
Michael Vick
Steak Houses
Cockroaches
Really loud music emanating from souped-up automobiles
Job hunting (I tend to stay at jobs for a long time… I am at 7 years with my current company)
Bathrooms on airplanes
Rashes
The Bush Family
Theme parks
Winter in the PNW

I would be interested in your lists.

Words To Live By

"Don't let your mouth write a check that your ass can't cash."
RuPaul

The Lusty Month of May! It's mad! It's GAY!

May 1st, often called May Day, just might have more holidays than any other day of the year. It is a celebration of Spring. It is a day of political protests. It is a pagan festival, a saint's feast day, & a day for organized labor. In many countries, it is a national holiday. In medieval England, people would celebrate the start of spring by going out to the country or woods—"going a-maying"—& gathering greenery & flowers. Another English tradition is the maypole. Some towns had permanent maypoles that would stay up all year; others put up a new one each May. The pole (a phallus-sign of virility) would be hung with greenery & ribbons, brightly painted, & decorated, & served as a central point for the festivities.

In many countries, May Day is also Labor Day. This originates with the United States labor movement in the late 19th Century. On May 1, 1886, unions across the country went on strike, demanding that the standard workday be shortened to eight hours. The organizers of these strikes included socialists, anarchists, & others in organized labor movements. Rioting in Chicago's Haymarket Square, including a bomb thrown by an anarchist, led to the deaths of a dozen people & the injury of over 100 more.
The protests were successful, as eight-hour work days eventually did become the norm. Labor leaders, socialists, & anarchists around the world took the American strikes & their fallout as a rallying point, choosing May Day as a day for demonstrations, parades, & speeches. It was a major state holiday in the Soviet Union & other communist countries.
Labor Day is still celebrated on May 1 in countries around the world, & it is still often a day for protests & rallies. In recent years, these have often been targeted against globalization. Portland expects at least 5000 people to participate in our annual May Day parade & rally on the South Park Blocks.

I adored the film of CAMELOT when I was 13 years old. I saw it in the theatre, by myself, five times. I would eventually be in the musical three times, playing Merlin in high school & playing Mordred twice in summer stock. In high school, my best friend Rich & I would always re-write lyrics to the songs in our musicals. In Put On Your Sunday Clothes from Hello, Dolly!, we sang the lyric- "get out your beads & buckles & bows" as- "get out your creams & jellys & foams". We found this to be quite hysterical. In Camelot, we sang this Alan Jay Lerner lyric as - "It's May! The CRUSTY month of May!". We would sing in full voice, in production & nobody seemed to notice. I was & am, eternally a bad boy!

I think Alan Jay Lerner was a brilliant lyricist (just think of every song from My Fair Lady).

From Camelot, I offer:

It's May!

The lusty month of May!

That lovely month when ev'ryone goes

Blissfully astray

It's here!

That shocking time of year

When tons of wicked little thoughts

Merrily appear!

It's May! It's May!

That gorgeous holiday

When ev'ry maiden prays that her lad

Will be a cad!

It's mad! It's gay!

A libelous display!

Those dreary vows that ev'ryone takes

Ev'ryone breaks

Ev'ryone makes divine mistakes

The lusty month of May!

It's May!

The lusty month of May!

That darling month when ev'ryone throws

Self-control away

It's time to do

A wretched thing or two,

And try to make each precious day

One you'll always rue!

It's May! It's May!

The month of "yes you may",

The time for ev'ry frivolous whim,

Proper or "im"

It's wild! It's gay!

A blot in ev'ry way

The birds and bees with all of their vast

Amorous past

Gaze at the human race aghast,

The lusty month of May!

So...pick some posies, be one with the workers of the world & get a little lusty!