THE APPLE FALLS
The genes that crawled prenatal from my parental tête-à-tête
(As Dawkins, by a modern test, has sought to demonstrate)
Encumbered my frail spirit like some sweeping, numb decree
From start to end, cast iron laws constrained my destiny
My genes for looks and talent are but latent, if at all
My artist traits are strait in range, my music gifts are small
My shameless wife now hassles me for being short and fat
But what's the point of getting angered and enraged by that?
These traits are just my heritage—the imagery thereof
By Fate's determination fixed (I mentioned art above)
So though I look like sturgeon that some nurse got from the sea
I have a heart of caviar, a vicar said to me
I might not be at ease with what I see in mirrored glass
But I've become phlegmatic since this sad plight came to pass
I care not, in the end, to win some race for style or flair
So God be praised—I'll love my genes, as Pride transcends Despair.
Another triple anagram to round the poem off.
Group Poem Exercise IX
Thanks, Slava. It's just as wondrous from the playing field. You never know what's going to happen until...well...it just happens!
And, yes, it was going to be 14 lines, but we needed a few more to bring it to a sensible ending. I posted a reference to the change at about line 13. No extra charge for lines 15 and 16.
And, yes, it was going to be 14 lines, but we needed a few more to bring it to a sensible ending. I posted a reference to the change at about line 13. No extra charge for lines 15 and 16.
Ars longa, vita brevis
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No complaints from this quarter on any extras. They worked out quite well. I missed the bit about the addition as I tend to read just the new lines, not the whole thing.
An extra kudo (sic) or so to Audiendus for his triples, too. Nice work.
An extra kudo (sic) or so to Audiendus for his triples, too. Nice work.
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I don't know what happened to my avatar. Originally, I had the avatar in Picasa Web Albums, and it worked fine. That's where yours was, too. Then I got a g-mail account and the avatar disappeared on the forum (along with yours).Saparris.....what happened to your avatar?
Slava put mine and yours back at one point, but mine is gone again, and every time I try to put it back, I get a message saying the URL is not valid.
I'll figure something out.
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