The world is unfolding,
as it should:
An ancient road map
Torn along the creases;
Coffee stained
from innumerable road side
course corrections;
Water marked from the time in Wawa
you left the window opened and it rained.
Like the map,
unfolding the world
is not the problem
The problem is
How the hell
do you fold it up again?
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Wawa is a town in northern Ontario, best known for its giant goose sculpture
Meaningful analogy, John and a great question posed. Love and peace,
Regis
Reviewed by Elizabeth Taylor (Reader)
Reviewed on August 21, 2006
Lovely free verse...one of my favorite forms.
Flows beautifully.
Reviewed by jeannie sanders (Reader)
Reviewed on August 4, 2006
what a fine metaphor! anyone who has ever touched a road map knows the frustration of refolding it...especially one used many times and/or one that has been folded up in unconventional ways along the way. yes, finding our way to nice neat world solutions once we have explored/exploited so much philisophical/political/physical terrain IS a challenge. you have captured this so simply, but so effectively.
thanks for sharing,
jeannie
Soem people know ,how to start war but don't know how to stop it. Any attempt they6 make towards peace is pushing them miles awar from peace. thanks for sharing this gem with us
WAWA is also the name of a very large, at least in NJ,Pa,& De, chain of stores much like 7-11, but oh so much better...& I think I may have one or two of those maps myself, though I much prefer book maps now...no problem then with the re-fold...LOL, Ed & Rufuz
Good one, John! Ancient cartography shows us the way from the beginning of time...some potholes along the way, but the chariot insists on passing through Wawa to see the giant goose sculpture. Collecting a few feathers along the way of life's map to put in Glovebox Philosophy. I like this unique philosophy.
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Regis
Flows beautifully.
thanks for sharing,
jeannie
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