Curmudgeons Have Nothing Very Much Also

Stars, 
what can you say about them
- not a lot.
The slightest bit of cloud cover
and they’re gone.

Butterflies…
folks got a lot of things to say 
about butterflies
 - not me though
(bug splat on a rainbow),
the whole darn world is fluttering-by,
and butter has yet learned to fly.

Romance and moonshine
are like the stars,
they’re not reliable in daylight,
unless we are discussing
high octane spirit in a jar
or our deep and abiding 
love for classic cars.

If you tie
stars, 
romance,
moonshine
and butterflies all together
into a fairytale posy
apparently,
you are what some may refer to as  a ‘poet’,
and what can you say about that?

Nothing.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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October 29, 2024 at 10:03 AM
You're a poet, and you never knew it. Classic cars sing to me, and big Bertha says romance died when she shot me dead. Strange girl.
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October 30, 2024 at 8:41 AM
LOL Paul, thanks for this funny review. Cheers mate!
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