Thursday, March 8, 2012

Zorba's Lament


image borrowed from bing

Zorba’s Lament

Second Triolet

“If your damned books don’t tell you that,
What the hell do they tell you?”
you probe life blind as a bat
If your damned books don’t tell you that,
you’re in a shit-storm without a hat,
and you’ll never know what to do
If your damned books don’t tell you that,
What the hell do they tell you?

Glenn Buttkus

March 2012

Listed as #6 over at dVerse Poets-FFA

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5 comments:

Claudia said...

cool...so you went for a second one..think i'll never leave the house again without a hat...just in case...smiles... nicely done sir..and yeah..the books should tell us or maybe the really important things in life, we don't learn from books...

Anonymous said...

Seriously awesome. Love, love, love your first line.

~Shawna
rosemarymint.wordpress.com

Semaphore said...

I really like this one... and the Zorba vibe you're surfing gives the series an extra kick.

Bodhirose said...

Oh, yeah, I could hear Zorba saying that...

Anonymous said...

Love this one even more!

"you probe life blind as a bat"

LOL yep we all do.....