I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.
Glib, irresponsible but successful A virtuoso at delegation Smoothly combed, mischievously powerful Fit to rule a tribe or corporation
By D. J. Reddall2 years ago in Poets
What would it mean to Grow the ruler in order To shrink the distance? * Modify the means Of measuring the vastness Contract the cosmos
After the death of my father Before the world became illegible Convinced that the pain was selfish, small, childish Determined to explain it nonetheless
What if heaven and Hell are run by the human Resources people?
"Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies." -- Aristotle, as cited in Diogenes Laertius' Lives of Eminent Philosophers, bk. 5, sect. 20
Do not seek revenge The tears of your enemies Will not dry your own
Given the alternatives, why that one? The others are more handsome and robust More generously blessed by the fat sun;
Do not believe them Life is actually long The best parts are brief
No politician Is anything more than a Fallible human
“Then I looked on all my works that mine hands had wrought, and on the travail that I had labored to do: and behold, all is vanity and vexation of the spirit: and there is no profit under the sun.” --The Book of Ecclesiastes, 2:11
You will have choices They will not be infinite Recognize the last
The naïve observer will mistake this For a scene of diabolical crime But this is not a cruel bite; a kiss Would better characterize this strange time
