BE HAPPY

Poem for Today -  February 2, 2014  

HAPPINESS

I asked professors who teach the meaning of life
            to tell me what is happiness.
And I went to famous executives who boss
             the work of thousands of men.
They all shook their heads and gave me a smile
             as though I was trying to fool with them.
And then one Sunday afternoon I wandered out
             along the Desplaines river
And I saw a crowd of Hungarians under the trees
             with their women and children
             and a keg of beer and an accordion.

Carl Sandburg