Chetta Achara Poet Free verse

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The Question

That you are here—that life exists and identity,
That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.
~Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, 1892

What verse might I contribute to the powerful play that goes on?

Let it be a verse not to long, not to wordy.

A verse filled not with anger or strife.

Let it be a verse filled with love and laughter,

So at the end those who knew will say, "Well done!"

NOTE: This poem was inspired in 2014 by, of all things, a TV ad that quotes Walt Whitman. 

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