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Structural Integrity

 

“Yes,” said Queen Lucy.
“In our world too, a Stable once
 had something inside it that was bigger
 than our whole world.”        
                                ~from C.S. Lewis’ The Last Battle in The Chronicles of Narnia

 

A universe walks into a bar, sits
down and says to the barkeep, “Just gimme

the usual.”  Or the Universe walks
into a bar and says, “How come you are

over there and I’m over here?”  God walks
into a universe, sits down and says

to all the humans, “You wanna take this
outside?”  Or God says, “Lend me an ear?”  So,

an ear walks into a starry starry
night, sits down and says to the artist, “You...

lose something?”  Or a mouth gets near an ear,
sits down and says, “You hoo!  Any body

home?”  A home walks into a man, sits down
and sings, “Love me tender.” Or a home walks

into a man, says to the feet, “Don’t walk
away from me!”  A marriage walks into

a bed, sits down and says to the couple,
“The inside is bigger than the outside.”

Or, “Love your enemy.”  The enemy
makes his bed, lies down, and sighs, “I give up…”

 

(originally published in Megaera, Spring 2006)

Poems are imaginary gardens with real toads in them...

~Marriane Moore