You think?
(sonnet #MMMMMMMMMDCCCXCI)
In grade school science' long words' grand detail
Like "mol'cule" and "exper'ments" taught us thence
That there were labels for this stuff, why scents
Pervade, and also now wherefore to scale
My gas stove's blue flame flickers and t'avail
Turns ornge whenas I salt the oats fr'intents,
Ne horses nigh nor neighing for breakfast, whence
I guess that's why they taught us, likeas bail.
Or? Leave such things and craft a feast in tour,
As if twas called for, when none asked nor knew
Just how to finish that. I'll bet, though's poor,
That science has a reason for that too.
Oh LORD our God, how long until as twere
All's oer, and we're at last at home with You?
16Dec25a
Dec 22, 2025
Dec 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM UTC
You think?
(sonnet #MMMMMMMMMDCCCXCI)
In grade school science' long words' grand detail
Like "mol'cule" and "exper'ments" taught us thence
That there were labels for this stuff, why scents
Pervade, and also now wherefore to scale
My gas stove's blue flame flickers and t'avail
Turns ornge whenas I salt the oats fr'intents,
Ne horses nigh nor neighing for breakfast, whence
I guess that's why they taught us, likeas bail.
Or? Leave such things and craft a feast in tour,
As if twas called for, when none asked nor knew
Just how to finish that. I'll bet, though's poor,
That science has a reason for that too.
Oh LORD our God, how long until as twere
All's oer, and we're at last at home with You?
16Dec25a
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