What's the Difference
What's the difference…
The difference between the Short Distance's height
And the Long Distance's shallowness drawn tight
Is that neither knows the hollowness of its might
Whichever way they may look: up down left or right
If you went up the shallowness of the one you slight
You'd end up in the hollowness of the other recondite
Or if you slid down the one who stands stiff upright
You're bound to fall screaming upside down in a fright
Either way neither will say unless it was day or night
When Short Distance at last met Long Distance alright
Though neither or either will own up to being really tight
After running a short then a long distance before the fight
If you think you could mock these errant lines downright
I challenge you to disentangle them under darkened light
© T. Wignesan - Paris, June 13, 2018
Copyright © T Wignesan | Year Posted 2018
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