Relativity

I have no time to be in a hurry. - Thoreau

lost in a palette of swooshes, a starry night wonders why vincent's van won't gogh

time wants to stop but is ordered in a forced march below

as camel cigarettes roll themselves uphill

smokestacks cough up the phlegm of progress

credit cards dance a plastic limbo as they overthrow a cash is king

reluctantly told

yesterday whispers spent secrets to today

hoping that tomorrow will be okay

out of luck, lost pennies pass the buck

reason is searching for lost change in the cushions of the past along with a way out

angels open and shut heaven's gate

after all, they're the only ones with any clout

one to the gazillionth power still equals one

after awhile is never done

prisons of our own making aren't any fun

tell it to your remote control rather than the judge

because the future won't budge

alluring, dolled-up flat screens offering a permanent wave

lightyears refuel at golden arches of mcdonald's drive thru on their way to eternity

never, forever and always are there

sometimes is tired of being ignored

whenever impaired

occasionally scared

since easily declared

days lined up as far as the eye can see to have their grievances aired

at best the fourth dimension limps being impaired

fate and destiny spared

einstein looks in the mirror and combs what's left of crazy, thinning hair

wishing that E=mc2 cared

Author's Note

“As if you could kill time without injuring eternity” - Thoreau

Reviews

[willweb]

There are so many cool, offbeat, creative and just blow me away lines in this to pick out any to highlight. What a superb poetic imagination you have my friend.

[Pete]

thanks ww. as aristotle said, 'No great mind ever existed without a touch of madness.'. i hardly have a great mind but the jury's still out on madness ... :)