Short Wherefores Poems

Privilege shares with friends and family
the whys and wherefores of your creed;
lest your lack of concern and charity
keeps a faith hostage that they need. 

July 5, 2020...

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resting
 relaxing
     thinking
     of
     yesterdays,
what
might
   have
      been
the
whys
 the
  wherefores:
no
matter..
 ..tomorrow is here

inspired by Grieg 2nd  piano concerto clip...

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I stand astride the spinning globe. 
I know more of many things than Keats or Coleridge. 
And with my knowledge 
the wherefores of Saturn’s rings should I not probe?

But the stars, the constellations in all their magnitude
with all their force 
cannot undo their predestined course. 
How yet crude is the grandest plan 
of this tiny creature man?...

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Alone
     he sat thinking
of this
          of that
whys and
wherefores-
       His yesterdays
faded now
but alive
        as today's
        newspaper

His tomorrows
        yet to be
veiled,unknown
waiting
        the thrill
        expectation
of the new
experiences
         change
the same again
          but
             different...

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Listen to poem:

ponder, puzzle,
pose the tos and fros
let the options reverberate
like pebble rings coiling on a pond
sing a chorus to decide
without punch drunk mantra lines
decide 
when its done, tis done, ink has dried
step forward, progress
never look back
never reconsider
never have any regrets
never retrace the 
whys, wherefores and
if onlys
deed tis done
indeed...

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You make the minutes dribble
Down the meanderings of time
First drizzling 
Then dripping
In dribs and drabs
Then dropping 
In driblets
That drain the hours
And drown the days 
And I
With my drowsy eyes
My drifting mind
And shaking hand
Turn a deaf ear
To the hue and cry
To the whys
And the wherefores
of your fatal lure
For I have no time
To let go of you
And live my life
As you have already
eaten it up...

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SOUR GRAPES

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DEMON RUM

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A light bulb
   that when turned on
   is faint and low, range amber flow
   then as it warms
   the given light
   glows bright and strong
   filling the room.
A love
   born of friendship
   inspires and gives life to each other
   that questions the whys and wherefores
   to become more
   of understanding and acknowledgement
   that one is nothing without the other.
With time, 
   it grows
   or dims
   as the source allows....

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The world is in great troubles
Virus,inflation,disasters and wars
Politicians busy giving 
A wearisome flood of sermons
Whys and wherefores
Dreams and expectations
Fallacies and illusions
Maybe they are no jokes
Just with a super power
Like Superman 
Just splendidly excellent
Like Wright Brothers 
Maybe they are just
Some superficial jokes 
To cover the awkward  embarrassment
Maybe they are just a taste of hegemony
Whenever I say I can
You must believe...

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