If

If I shave with Occam’s razor
I will only grow a gross beard;
And all my scientific friends
Will think that I am truly weird.

If I want a small feline pet,
Should I adopt Schrodinger’s cat?
Will its fur be real, soft, and smooth;
Or will I only think it so?

If life, Darwin wrote, rose random, 
And that is how I came to be,  
If I sought to recreate me
Would I find that I had no chance?

If I find Yogi’s fork, in road,
And take it to get dirty rice
Would I find a place so busy
Nobody goes there anymore?

If I saw a Mobius strip
At a past midnight burlesque show
I’d see each curve, inside and out
‘Til my dazed mind went off the edge.

If I race up Max Escher’s stairs, 
On his twisted angular trail,
In search of Babel’s pinnacle,
Will I ever reach his roof top?

If I muse, did Thinker find love
In the Venus de Milo’s arms
Before Rodin cast his great mind
Into a nude body of bronze?

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018



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Date: 3/14/2022 7:17:00 PM
Very beautiful thoughts. Beautifully written. Congratulations!
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Date: 11/21/2018 11:08:00 PM
Normal laws do not apply to this poetic creation where Mobius and Escher never reach their endpoint, yet trace and tread only to find their beginnings. The title “If” is truely relative. Thanks for stopping by. I’ll be reading more of your thought provoking work in the future!
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Date: 11/18/2018 8:15:00 PM
so many fun little thoughts. You were on a roll with this set, David.
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Date: 11/16/2018 11:16:00 PM
Very clever, David. A Fav for me :) ~Mark
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