Drums

© 2014 by P Michael Biggs

When I was seven I played the drums

Most people can’t hum when I play drums

My Mom would mumble about my drums

I’m sure she often wondered what I would become

I succumbed to the drums

Even if eating cracker crumbs

When doing math the sums wouldn't come

When I was playing drums

I once saw a bum when playing drums

I think he was chewing bubble gum

He threw a plum at my drum

I think that was rather dumb

We walked away, me and my drum

I realized that day I don’t like bums

You never know what they will become

I hope someday he succumbs to the drums