HE IS "GLAD" NO MORE

I was going to write a poem

beginning with the words

"He is glad", but then I

realized that I have used

"glad" in abundance, "glad"

here and "glad" there, that

it was a blade utterly dull

after so much reckless use,

and that it was a time to go

for the thesaurus, that

demon of the ancient world,

or a source of a more civilized

time, however one sees it,

and from it wrestle synonyms

that could give the impression

of a less thrift vocabulary.

14.09.2024