General Poetry posted January 26, 2023


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Mindless

by Bill Schott

 
If I could write a mindless poem,
 
I'd call that poem "Mindless";
 
it would start with a condition,
 
then rhyme with this word -- kindness.
 
 
Should I then dare to continue
 
with this well-named po-em,
 
I'd jot down two more lines of verse,
 
then prob'ly go ho-em.
 
 
I should stop now with what I've done,
 
and leave this as a throw-away?
 
Cut and run, then count my losses,
 
but "me" tells me to stay --
 
 
Perhaps just one more stanza now
 
will save this from the trash;
 
from being a coaster for drinks,
 
or burned, reduced to ash.
 
 
Listen then, dear readers, to this
 
final quatrain written;
 
no poem is ever mindless,
 
as long as there's a kitten.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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