Once I asked of a man, the time...
Whereupon he carefully did explain,
how to build a watch !
By the time he reached the answer,
naturally, I had ... missed my train !
To another lad, at another time,
I posed the same question,
to wit he did exclaim....
"Quarter past the hour of one",
which would have been fine...
Had I not been in another zone !
While I may prefer to take the train,
to relax, and remove my truss,
you might wish to warm your feet,
by rushing...to catch the bus !
Some regard brevity as a virtue,
and many might be succinct,
but, when one needs detail
to properly ken and think,
quite unlike a beautiful rose,
this extreme ... doth stink !
So, as there is a time ....
And a place .... for everything,
or so the saying goes ...
What is poetry to one, may be
to another simply ... prose.
You may take the high roads,
while I take the lows ....
When e'er we meet in Scotland,
.... only heaven knows.
You may get there quickly,
'Cause you are concise,
but ... as for me,
my friend, as you can see,
I'll choose my wordy vice.
For, as I stop along the path,
which you may deem verbose,
I shall have enjoyed ....
Both the beauty and the smell
of God's garden flowers ...
Especially ..... the rose !
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Best regard,
Leland