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A Paean For the Marx Brothers

THE MARX BROTHERS or The Unimportance of Being Earnest

I will praise the brothers Marx for their absurdity
As all ‘fools’ who mask high wisdom with the artless
May they lift our spirits faced with an adversity
The rejection of such gladness would be heartless

For when loosed of strictures rife with disapproval
Their spirits could create with wild abandon
Then without constraints demanding the removal
Of that which breaks the sanctity some stand on

So I bless them for activities unbounded
Say our God is not a solemn old curmudgeon
Their folly then belied the earnest tied and grounded
Freed from stark importance laid on with a bludgeon

Could it be they heard on entering The Hereafter
Not only harp strings, but the joyful sound of laughter


10 September
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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 9/10/2019 4:11:00 PM

wow, that ending couplet was an awesome way to wrap this up. In numerolgy, one of my main numbers is the "frivolous five' and some people can't seem to get it. Life is not all about seriousness For me, it's gotta be at LEAST HALF fun!!! Loved this.

Geoffrey Brewer
Date: 9/11/2019 2:01:00 PM

High five! Andrea. Don’t change a thing. Thanks for the kind comment.