When Forever Is Never

If within the sophisticated man there is not an unsophisticated one, then he is but one of the devil's angels. - Thoreau

inquiring as to whether it was possible to turn down the heat

and while they're at it making things a little more neat

demanding a discount

he charged eternity on his credit card

asking for reward points

even taking loose change off the dresser

returning the next day and asking to see the man in charge

because he'd forgotten to present his coupon for glory

let alone take the time to read a holy writ's redemptive story

all this before he realized he was in the wrong dormitory

Author's Note

"As with our colleges, so with a hundred 'modern improvements'; there is an illusion about them; there is not always a positive advance. The devil goes on exacting a compound interest to the last for his early share and numerous succeeding investments in them." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Kelly Scheppers]

I love where it is your muse goes for inspiration. Yours is a gift, Pete.

[Pete]

thanks kell. now if we could only find our way back ... :)