working at the bookstore,
searching for the words
though I’m 49
still at times a Theo-nerd
poetry beats prose
it’s a truth some cannot face
the unacknowledged legislators
of the human race
Shelley was quite right
a Pythagorean who could own it
the music is the mystery
from the sacred silence shown it
so write your verse quite carefully
and sing from your deep heart
future folk will listen
and live by your true art
Jan 14, 2019
Jan 14, 2019 at 10:29 PM UTC
working at the bookstore,
searching for the words
though I’m 49
still at times a Theo-nerd
poetry beats prose
it’s a truth some cannot face
the unacknowledged legislators
of the human race
Shelley was quite right
a Pythagorean who could own it
the music is the mystery
from the sacred silence shown it
so write your verse quite carefully
and sing from your deep heart
future folk will listen
and live by your true art
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