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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