May we aspire to a more contemplative state<\/p>\n
Not Florida or Nevada, for example<\/p>\n
But there we go again,<\/p>\n
with the bank-shot gag,<\/p>\n
and the scattershot whimsy;<\/p>\n
while deeper discernment slips off<\/p>\n
to kill time alone in a deeper, dryer well<\/p>\n
Who will instead let down<\/p>\n
wisdom\u2019s ladder-rope into that waiting well<\/p>\n
and let the frivolous and flippant fireworks fall faint?<\/p>\n
Pray perhaps for a prank-less interlude,<\/p>\n
a complete eclipse of the synapse-ellipses<\/p>\n
May we at least filter out the oft-offered filters<\/p>\n
and slip off into a more unfathomable source?<\/p>\n
May we aspire to a more contemplative state<\/p>\n
Not Florida or Nevada, for example<\/p>\n
But there we go again,<\/p>\n
with the bank-shot gag,<\/p>\n
and the scattershot whimsy;<\/p>\n
while deeper discernment slips off<\/p>\n
to kill time alone in a deeper, dryer well<\/p>\n
Who will instead let down<\/p>\n
wisdom\u2019s ladder-rope into that waiting well<\/p>\n
and let the frivolous and flippant fireworks fall faint?<\/p>\n
Pray perhaps (!) for a prank-less interlude,<\/p>\n
a complete eclipse of the synapse-ellipses<\/p>\n
May we at least filter out the oft-offered filters<\/p>\n
and slip off into a more unfathomable source?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well, Well, Well (after Murakami) May we aspire to a more contemplative state Not Florida or Nevada, for example But there we go again, with the bank-shot gag, and the scattershot whimsy; while deeper discernment slips off to kill time alone in a deeper, dryer well Who will instead let down wisdom\u2019s ladder-rope into that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t