Paradoxically Speaking

But lo! Men have become the tools of their tools. - Thoreau

conservationists cutting down trees to study phloem and xylem

making plans for when i get out of the asylum

eating peas stuck to mashed potatoes on a fork

pushing pulled pork

turning down the volume on an air guitar

purchasing a one-way ticket when you also need to return from afar

joining a band to play the conundrum

going home when you don't know where you're from

trying to spread cream cheese on a firecracker

receiving an award for being an outstanding slacker

calling someone an oxymoron

using the elevator when you don't know what floor you live on

listening to punk and grunge music in the car on the way to church

hugging your so-called friend as you leave them in the lurch

back and forth to the store when ordering online gives you so much more

mayonnaise dripping from a chin and wondering what a napkin is for

unable to track down an amazon box

trying to balance the federal budget with the gold in fort knox

getting your way by stomping and freaking

dressed in a tuxedo with black tie and reeking

floorboards in an attack without the creaking

a fawcett without the leaking

paradoxically speaking

Author's Note

“To know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.” - Thoreau