When I told a young acquaintance
That a school friend was coming to stay
She looked at me – and my wrinkles -
In a very puzzled way.
You mean you still know people
Who went to school with you?
“Yes, indeed” said I
And not just one or two.”
Our whole class has kept in touch
Thanks to modern communications
Even though we are now spread
Over many different nations.
We stayed together – never moved schools
From our first year to our last,
With friendships that transcend
Race, religion and caste.
How many classes have kept in touch
For sixty years# after leaving school -
Without Twitter or Facebook -
Are we the exception to the rule?
August 2013
# I
know it is really 57 years, but that wouldn’t scan –
and
I am sure this verse will still be relevant in 2016
To the Class of 1956 –
Cathedral and John Connon School.
Bombay.
