Sunday, May 3, 2020

Most of Our Penguins are Scotch-Taped Now - poem

Lawrence Hall
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poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

Most of Our Penguins are Scotch-Taped Now

Civilization is sometimes held together
By the stern parsimony of Scotch Tape™
Which locks tattered covers and pages in bond
To await opening by old hands or young

Young is better; for we were young, and too
The world was young, and is, as Camelot
Sends forth each day noble adventures, ideas 1
In battle luminous against chaos and evil

Civilization is always held together
When old and young face the dragon in unity


1 An allusion to Tennyson’s Idylls of the King

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