Poetry

Here’s my idea for a poem:

Here’s the poem:

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If we could dispense with
all this elaboration

And just transmit our ideas
directly

There’s probably a Buddhist tantra
that shows you how

And a Nihilist aphorism that
says why bother, but

Isn’t the ramshackle an honest look
at how things go ?

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Image (1st) by Pete Linforth from Pixabay
Image (2nd) by Vicki Nunn from Pixabay