Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Rob Schackne #489 - "the poet's a ratbag"


what’s the point
even the good ones say
no one really wants 

a sixty-four-year-old poet
in the prime of his life
sitting on seven kegs 

of immortal dreams
where's the sense in that

arguing with matches
walking the lawless way
the poet's a ratbag
he writes another poem
when night turns to morning

there are thunderstorms

6 comments:

  1. We're all sixty four


    the rat's in the bag
    lawless as broken cuffs
    the match ignites
    any way

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  2. have to consider cause and effect here

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  3. He who sees the Paṭiccasamuppāda sees the Dhamma;
    He who sees the Dhamma sees the Paṭiccasamuppāda.

    (Here's my bus...)

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  4. Ah Rob - another Lawless beauty! What did Talking Heads say - burn the house down - the lawless way, of course :)

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    1. Cheers, dear Kristen. Thanks for listening so well.

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