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A Stifling Notion
by Philip F De Pinto
someone shouted down from his balcony
words to this effect:
if you could remain one age forever
what would that age be?
when a cow who happened to be grazing shadows below his balcony
ruminating his own philosophy
mooed up words to this effect:
if would be nice if for a lack of appetite for bowels to move
we could like a capon remain under glass unperturbed by the ages
save such perpetuity of youth ultimately would be a stifling notion
like feces refusing or fearful to budge to flow in that great intestine of time
to culminate beyond the rim and into golden ages and golden bowls and beyond
lest they stagnate like Ponce De Leon
for sooth: or haven't you heard
it is the fate of shouting man and ruminating cows and shadows and turds to flow out and about
be on the loose and not remain papoose
forever swaddled addled in youth
04/11/2013 Posted on 04/11/2013
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