Jack Pelham

When I chance upon a good idea
That God had first
And I repeat it to my fellows
And get no reply,
I should keep in mind
That they probably aren’t
Replying to God about it, either.

And that is the greater matter.

Many will find fault
With what you say
And some of that fault
Will be actual.

In my youth
When I thought I was clever
To see truth as a one-liner
I did not well understand
That there are indeed some truths—
And worthy ones at that—
That cannot be well stated
In but a single line.

I walk for exercise in a local cemetery and yesterday I was taking a nap in my car with the windows open. I was awakened by a ruckus in a tree not ten feet outside my window.

It would seem that
After all this time
Man is still eating
What he knows
He ought not eat.

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Not wanting to disappoint me,
He decides to stay away,
Disappointing me even further
And doubling down on the very thing
He tells himself he doesn’t want to do.

He commits himself to the quicksand
And will not be free, it seems
Unless someone else pulls him out.

And I think we are all like him
From time to time
In this doltish habit
Of avoiding the hard moments.

It is a failure
Common to man
That he does not
Seek out enough information
Before deciding.

After all this time
We are still on Earth
Yet farther from nature than ever—
And having no time
We think
To dance with her.

How can I avoid sinning
The sins of my people,
Whatever they may be in my day?