-Tomorrow comes to William’s town-

They say one grows wiser

as one grows older.

So, I went in search of "They"

forgetting it was Wednesday

and the Barber Shop’s

closed on Wednesday.
I was hungry for a hotdog

and headed to "Nick's Coney Island,"

but after reading the message

scrawled on the blackboard

I decided to return on Thursday.

––Empty-handed, it's home again, but distressed

over not being wiser.

On Thursday afternoon

it's a short drive to “Nick’s Coney Island”

for my free hotdogs because on Wednesday,

scrawled on Nick’s blackboard

it said: “Free Hotdogs Tomorrow”!

Well, Thursday is tomorrow according to
any attentive man's calendar, so I'll go to Nick’s

after I go to the Barber Shop.

"Gimme three of them free hotdogs, Nick!”
I demanded, sporting a neat cropping dabbed in Witch Hazel.

Nick laughs. Nick laughs in my face.
Nick laughs and the hotdog eaters lined against the wall
siting in right-handed paddle-chairs, laugh along with Nick.
I consider some sort of litigation, but

Nick says: “Read the blackboard, kid”!

Blackboard says: “Free Hotdogs Tomorrow”!
I understand my foolishness and pay Nick in cash money
for three with the works which I eat on the run.

Home again and It seems that I am older and wiser
this Thursday than I was on Wednesday just like "They" say.