Make it All Up

I am the old days,

I'm the "remember when we used to say"s,

I am the camera on your shoulder,

playing back the best days you no longer recognize.

I am the nightmares,

I am the "you're going to die here"s,

I am the last of the worst of the best who ever lived.

I've got a great idea

but I've got a good mind to just make it all up.

What's the difference?

It's not as if a turn of phrase

can put an end to the consequential,

so what's the difference?

You think you're fire-proof,

but I remember when I was you,

and now my signature won't match these great intentions

that I can't quite catch.

Another effort,

a shadow of its predecessor,

another out of work actor who wants to be his own director.

Let's not forget

our etiquette.