The 82 Club
By: Charles Giuliano - May 31, 2023
The 82 Club
With a scream and gasp for air
I burst into the world
It had been a tight squeeze
October 25, 1940
With not a clue
Of what lay ahead
These decades on
Now 82 years
To be precise
What a remarkable journey
Not alone it seems
A small and exclusive
Coven of creepy crawly
Closest and dearest
A motley crew
Polymath Jane Hudson
We celebrated with duck
Professor Peggy Smith
What taught all I know
Of American art and architecture
Rich kid Graham Gund
We’ve kept our distance
Kind of like Succession
Just this week a twofer
Media maven Steve Nelson
King of the possums
Fast Eddy NY critic
Foodie and diarist
The commonality
Aches and pains
Tales of woe
Slipping the secret grip
Double double boil and trouble
When shall we meet again
For tequila shots
Some Owsley Sunshine
And a bit of organ music