All the other people in the garden seem to have squillions of poems stashed away, hither and yon, waiting to see the light of day here on Open Link Monday. I had two, count 'em, two, both posted long ago, and since then I write almost nothing except in response to a prompt here on Toads or elsewhere.
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| Richard Schear photo, 2012
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a paleolithic creature
struck into stone
and smashed
here on the ground
his giant tusks
to the left of him
his once-flailing tail to the right
“don’t say ‘right’ to me,” he begs
“they used to say ‘might beats right’
but they were wrong!
look at me now
in a million pieces
a million years old
and who gives a damn?
“what’s one more pleisto-meistosaurean more or less?
especially now when I’m the only one left
and I’m smashed?
smashed to smithereens
with algae growing on me
“such a comedown—
I who was once really someone,
don’t you know?
“and now they say
‘a pleisto-meisto-whaaat?’
and don’t even care
“well, if this is to be my burial ground,
at least I brought my own stone, har har har”
7 comments:
Oh Kay, you are BRILLIANT! When I looked at the photo, I couldn't think what I would write about it. But you did, and did it well! Thanks for sharing. (((Hugs))) Jo
Kay, I so appreciate your wit and humorous approach to creativity.. I don't believe you are ready for fossilization just yet.
Love, love, LOVE your Goldfincher ThemeSong.
Sorry, I've not been around much to visit these days, a huge genealogy project keeps me at the computer but, with little time leftover.
And I must add, as I scanned through your blog today, I enjoyed the "Lindy loves her Daddy" photo. AND your shadow shots.
You have the most original sense of humor and wit, Kay. There's humor, but a bittersweet sadness in this poem.
Hilarious,Kay! I had a fair share of artefacts and the Java Man in anthropology before and you described it perfectly well. Serious matters but given your humor twist! Great write!
Hank
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"such a comedown" ... but he has kept his sense of humor! :)
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