Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Once Upon a Time

 

I don’t have rhythm,


but sometimes I rhyme.


Beyond a composer,


musicians and instruments,


I don’t know what it


takes to make a symphony.


It must contain at least


three movements, I have


been told.


I have never owned a nugget


of gold. Why I italicized


the previous sentence is a


complete mystery to me.


I am composed of millions


of atoms, too many to


individual refer to by name.


How many atoms does it take


to make misery and pain?


Without birth and death


and all the space in between,


there would be no history.


Can innuendo be mixed


with milk in a bowl?


There is so much about


life, I will never know.


For instance, who is


responsible for turning


over the next stone?


Even given the hyphen-


ations, I surmise that an


amalgamated conglom-


erate is one hell of a mess.


Sometimes getting a


point across can become


an exercise in futility.


Delete this when you’re


done. Let’s pretend


it never happened.


             -30-


Chris Hanch 3-26-24





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