Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Jacques Says Little About Lingering - poem

 

Lawrence Hall

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Jacques Says Little About Lingering

 

Reflections after a Nuclear Stress Test

 

A youth almost rushes to throw his life away

In questing Shakespeare’s bubble reputation

An old man wants to cling to life a little more

Another year, please, or another day

 

But mortality lies within the man

A metaphorical battery that doesn’t last

In shipping and handling contents may have settled

There may be a penalty for early withdrawal

 

But life is not for our casual disposal

For it is an eternal summer dawn

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