‘Vincit qui se vincit’
a pursuit salutary
One for which requires grit
on steep road solitary
But ain’t Life’s only bestowment
one step in each fleeting moment?
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-vincit qui se vincit = he conquers who conquers himself
Much butter now, thanks!
Her doctor advised her to stay off dairy. She stayed off cheese and milk but as she loves butter she expeditiously declared butter a ‘non-dairy’ product:
Her ‘bright new world’ discounts science
as too stodgy a reliance
With single-mindedness utter
she declares it non-dairy
and goes on indulging butter
Handy to let facts vary!
Thanks, Non-Dairy Cow
all much butter now!
‘Shelf stable’ cream
Here’s a gripping tale non-dripping
of hermetically sealed
tight container of cream whipping
with the longest lasting yield
A packaged whipping cream
truly ‘shelf stable’
long the hostess’ dream
for the smart table!
But won’t stabilize a wobbly shelf
Repeatedly tried and failed myself
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-‘shelf stable’ = (marketing lingo) the cream stays fresh for a few months in an unopened container outside the refrigerator – while the package is useless for stabilizing a wobbly shelf
If no ‘free will’ ain’t Life but a puppet drill?
Might we lived our life
differently
not ducking from strife
diffidently?
Of course if no ‘free will’
we may relax, chill
life but a puppet drill!
Can’t let it go still?
But then clearly & consequently
we cannot WILL living attently
Tap into sense of humor robust or find yourself gone bust!
Is your life barely OK
save for that odd celebration?
Wishing to live every day
in pulsating scintillation?
A robust sense of humor
is the sharp-edged lancet
that cuts out boredom’s tumor
So do cut loose, chance it!
Don’t languish in disquietude
just lighten up your attitude
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lancet = a small, extremely sharp bladed instrument used for surgery
When lacking perception of deception
The unfeigned hypocrite
lies cavalierly
senses not counterfeit
as fakes sincerely
When clouded our perception
lying becomes ingrained
When can’t sense own deception
our claims flow unrestrained:
Creates one endless reckless game
of blame, denial & points lame
What if It had proved ‘profound’?
‘Insight’ bolts out from under a bush
like a hare, catching it too hard!
Unfazed it jumps, twists in frantic rush
baffling the long suffering ‘bard’
Couldn’t write it down, lost in a flash
what if it had been ‘profound’?
Might it beyond fevered dreams rash
have impacted with resound?
But then how likely a deep loss to Humankind
something springing from a mere versifier’s mind?
‘Free will’ is the joke cruel, i.e. humans may lack self-rule
What’s with all that piling schmear
such sad state of affairs?
Are we now suspended here
wonder in whose crosshairs?
In this precarious mess
seems we’re doomed you & I?
We shall furthermore digress
when realizing why:
‘Free will’ amongst cruel jokes
a most dire delusion
victims of the programmed hoax
of earthly confusion!
but fleetingly we stand on Life’s precarious stage
Why let days blur by in caprice
like, glimpsed through train windows, power poles?
There’s only in the moment peace
for our harried hearts & arid souls
Whether dawns again the morrow
or fades yet another day
lets relish joy amidst sorrow
Or tell me another way?
I’d maintain living in The Moment
is Humanity’s best bestowment …
Not another rainy day!
Forlorn, dark wet branches
stretch into gray sky
As morning advances
voices drawing nigh:
Not another rainy day!
Declared in thoughtless haste
a jilted overcast day
that we’re resigned to waste?
Let’s find a deeper way of gleaning
each day for its purpose & meaning!