Author Archives: jackpelham

You attack the statue,Friend,And the flagAnd the street name,As if lancing the very heart of evil.

It is not hard to disagreeWith a perfectly good idea. All my friends do it regularly!

If there is no perversion of doctrineSo morally foulOr dangerous in its consequencesAs to disqualify a human soulFrom that Heavenly JerusalemFor having believed itOr taught it to someone else—

I could say that it’s just businessBetween you and me—That I corrected youIn good faith,And you didn’t take it very well.

If people did not push backOr dodge Or ignoreOr defendWhen they are corrected,I think I would like them better.

To thank a friend but onceFor an act of great kindness—Or to celebrate to him but onceSome excellence in his virtue—Seems as silly as the once-onlyHumming of one’s favorite tune.

I have never foundSo many good things to do—And so much motivation to do them—As when procrastinating aboutSome other good thing that needs doing.

Question to self: What all would I do—What all could I get done—If I were the sortWho found no necessary task distasteful,And enjoyed them all enthusiastically?

Wouldn’t it be ironicIf He were exceedingly brilliant,And we were so dull—So extraordinarily dullAnd incuriousAnd lethargic—As not to perceive it?

I ran across this meme yesterday, and thought I’d have some fun with all the possible interpretations I could imagine.