Impermanence
IMPERMANENCE
Nothing seems to last more than a blink
From seconds to millennia - just think:
Sunsets most fleeting
Chocolate you are eating
Ice-cubes in coke (or lemon-and-lime )
Mascara in the rain runs faster than time
Cherry blossom, soft, pink, falling
Indian summers whose end is galling
Teenage girls' crushes on the football squad
Rap music ( almost gone now, thank God )
Narrow waistlines (without cheating)
Crude oil reserves which we are greedily eating
Troy, city of fabled towers
Pyramids, symbols of earthly powers
Mountains always eroding to the sea
Stars so dim we can’t really see.
Waterfalls, Montmorency or Niagara
Sexual potency without viagra
Don’t rely on any of these things
They will fly with the swiftest wings.
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NOTE
As the poem progresses, the lifespan of items
increases, (with the exception of the final item of course),
but all are limited.
Copyright © Sidney Beck | Year Posted 2011
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