The prod that makes all things move well
is sharp and dull and hard and soft
which are too different you scoff
but being jabbed feels like cold hell.
Lynne
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Four Lines
Like to like is worth naught to prove
for we all know that different
is more than an accomplishment
it’s the prod that makes all things move.
Lynne
Four Lines
If all of us thought as we ought
would we be likely to settle
each opinion regimental
or prove like to like is worth naught.
Lynne
Four Lines
Those who never learned but were taught
have only thoughts themselves to blame
or such the self-help books do claim
but none of us think as we ought.
Lynne
Four Lines
A swift hard kick I should have earned
when I hurled bigger words at them
but it’s so much fun to condemn
those who were taught but never learned.
Lynne
Four Lines
I opened my mouth far too quick
let thoughts escape thick and plenty
none of them worth a thin penny
yet I still earned a swift hard kick.
Lynne
Four Lines
To be trashed with a firm brisk whisk
could be considered an insult
but often it’s the real result
of opening your mouth too quick.
Lynne
Four Lines
To stop the tics throw out the disc
for its rhetoric is tired news
a repeat of archaic views
to be trashed with a firm brisk whisk.
Lynne
Four Lines
If in a groove a needle sticks
and nothing we do makes it move
someone certainly must remove
the broken disc to stop the tics.
Lynne
Four Lines
Nonesuch is difficult to prove
meaning paragon or ideal
which has very little appeal
to a needle stuck in a groove.
Lynne
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