Thursday, August 10, 2023

RELEVANCE IS A CREAM PUFF


shall we discuss the relevance of cream puffs, eclairs

what is relevance

how relevant is relevance

which is itself a cream puff all too often

from the vantage point of Time and Eternity

and the usual all things considered

relevant to what

to God?

in the face of Death?

to the life eternal?

to being steadfast as Keat's star

relevant to you right now where you are

waiting for the bus

praying the bus isnt late

relevant to you at picnics

or staring at your empty plate

relevance is a frivolity 

masquerading as a cause

nothing to measure by

a thing like oh oh my

look who's going to whose party

a trick of the imagination or of being a smarty

to truth or to a lie not necessarily bound

the wrong question at the wrong time sometimes

what is eternal is the question

what will last

what has God died to bring me or,

all the poets of the past through Divine Inspiration

should I cast it all away

so I can say: it's not relevant and be liked

by those I think its relevant to be liked by

here's a cream pie in your eye

though cream puffs matter if they're your last

sustenance, and eclairs are also yummy in the tummy.

there are other things more important oh by far.

no matter how in love with Now you are.

and with being relevant.

mary angela douglas 11 august 2023

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