NaPoWriMo_2024_Poem6

unconventional wisdom

Dorothy Parker wrote a poem called

Resumé

Razors pain you;

Rivers are damp;

Acids stain you;

And drugs cause cramp.

Guns aren’t lawful;

Nooses give;

Gas smells awful;

You might as well live.

thus begins my unconventional wisdom

this poem is one of my comforts

it tells me that I have no painless exit

and reminds me that I don’t want one

I want to keep entering each day

and being a bit of a nuisance

I have even found something like a religion

if Dorothy taught me that it’s better to stay

Octavia Butler says God is change

I’m not owed a better future

but my future is in my hands

this is my wisdom

things change

give tomorrow a chance.