I heard Tom Cruise

Was 59

Saw he had aged

Like a fine wine

But where oh where

Had the time gone

When I first met Maverick

Had it been that long

When the child me

Watched baby-faced Tom

In Top Gun

Say on the intercom

“Talk to me, Goose,”

While I gladly took

The highway to the danger zone

Where men played volleyball

And jets were flown