by James Finn Garner
You can play 18 holes
(and have a good walk spoiled)
You can drive an 18-wheeler
(and get away from it all)
You can pass an 18th Amendment
(so no one can toast, at least legally)
You can watch “18 Again”
(and feel as old as George Burns)
You can rock out to “I’m 18”
(and feel as old as Alice Cooper)
You can, in fact, do any of these things,
But you can’t play ball in October.