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February 26, 2010
poem: the walrus and the brontosaurus
by sven at 7:00 am
On days when you're feeling old… Think about things infinitely older than yourself.
the walrus and the brontosaurus
the walrus and the brontosaurus
are sharing tea and biscuits
lingering in fatly stuffed chairs
in the den
i say to dear Bronte
"what days we've seen
what days yet to come
and even more
already forgotten"
the dear lizard replies
head crooked against ceiling
"the years are shorter than they seem
i've counted my footsteps here
in mountain dreams
cane in hand, admired the
mayflies' pageantry
whiskers and wrinkles
i say volcano
your eye twinkles
don't joke sleep
as if you're drifting off
already
old is a such a small thing
counted in millennia absurd
so
toothsome friend:
please pass me the lemon curd?"
January 19, 2009
posted by sven | February 26, 2010 7:00 AM | categories: poetry