This dancefloor feels like it’s sinking.
Due to the rum, you are drinking.
Pondering deep wisdom
questions.
Look’s like you have
indigestion.
Summertime—allergy—sneezy!
It’s hot, but
your sneezy is breezy.
Lend me a tissue.
Let’s kiss?
No way! You’d mess up my dress.
Can’t breathe at
night, damned blurry sight!
How many twits are on twitter?
Swollen tight nose,
watery eyes
Get-Up-and-Go said his goodbyes.
Medicines leave me
sub-normal.
Summertime—sniffing—abnormal!
These rhymes are very absurd.
Sweetie, you dance like a bird.
Tons of ka-tissues,
you say I’m breezy?
To dance in high wind
isn’t easy.
The
heart isn’t in it—head neither!
Maybe infected, no matter.
Heart after one
thing, head seeks another.
Angel on one wing, devil the other.
Heart wants ice cream—head wants a walk.
It’s a bad
dream. No more talk!
My pollen tears, my
ringing ears
Can’t breathe and I’m turning blue.
You’re sweating too, you’ve lost a shoe.
I’ve been
infected! Achoo!
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* Fandango is a pair’s dance from Spain usually with verbal byplay
accompanied by guitars, castanets, or hand-clapping. Fandango’s second meaning
is tomfoolery—as in “The inauguration was a useless fandango.”
In vocal performances, the singers are susceptible to airborne viral agents—such as colds—carried by
the audience. Yes, the second voice/dancer could have been infected by the
first one. However, it is more likely that the second dancer was infected
elsewhere, 3-4 days before. See: In
Cold Pursuit, Gilmore, 1999
Wisdom is harmful if
consumed after its best-before date. Maybe we can re-define to make it immune to the ravages of change.
Luckily, there are recent publications promoting a new perspective on wisdom that cleans it up. Here are two on my www.amazon.ca wish-list:
These books encourage us to examine our attitudes,
beliefs, and opinions to see if they have an adequate
basis in fact. Imagine that: wisdom based on facts! Amen.
LL Van Pelt Oct 2018
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