Strangely this poem occurred to me about 15 minutes ago upon reading about the death of Lawrence Ferlinghetti at 101. It’s only my second this month. Any impressions?
Existential Lottery
This day is the perfect poem
This hour is the perfect poem
This minute is the perfect poem
This second is the perfect poem
A second later it is not but
Another poem, or none at all.
How often
Have I missed perfect love like that?
What perfect wife and kids?
But also a very bad car wreck?
It occurred to me that Pound wouldn’t like all my “is’s” so I tried to compress it more and go with a casino game trope. Any better?
Existential Craps
This day the perfect poem
This hour the perfect poem
This minute the perfect poem
This second the perfect poem
But a second later not, now
Another poem, or none at all.
How often
Have I missed perfect love that way
What perfect wife and kids
Yet also by a roll of time
A car wreck just escaped.
Strangely this poem occurred to me about 15 minutes ago upon reading about the death of Lawrence Ferlinghetti at 101. It’s only my second this month. Any impressions?
Existential Lottery
This day is the perfect poem
This hour is the perfect poem
This minute is the perfect poem
This second is the perfect poem
A second later it is not but
Another poem, or none at all.
How often
Have I missed perfect love like that?
What perfect wife and kids?
But also a very bad car wreck?
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It occurred to me that Pound wouldn’t like all my “is’s” so I tried to compress it more and go with a casino game trope. Any better?
Existential Craps
This day the perfect poem
This hour the perfect poem
This minute the perfect poem
This second the perfect poem
But a second later not, now
Another poem, or none at all.
How often
Have I missed perfect love that way
What perfect wife and kids
Yet also by a roll of time
A car wreck just escaped.
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