This week’s assignment for poetry class was to write a poem around the premise, “You crack me up with all this truth.” I riffed on the two words that jumped out at me, crack and truth.
Of truth and crack
1.
Truth is like crack: the pure stuff
will set you free
but the stuff that’s been cut
with this or that
will really mess you up.
2.
Truth cracks us over
the head like a two-by-four
– which is how the universe gets
our attention when metaphor
isn’t enough.
3.
Truth continues to seep through
the cracks no matter how well we think
we have insulated ourselves.
4.
Truth is the temblor that cracks
the foundation of every human
edifice.
5.
The china dolls say: If you tell us
the truth we may crack up; we prefer
the alternative.
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I’m fond of 2. Not sure about two-by-four, but it rhymes so nicely.
Congratulations! You found the Warren Rubel reference! 🙂
You got me at the end with the china dolls, of course! Excellent! I hope the whole month was productive for you!
Thanks, Luanne! It wasn’t quite as productive as I’d hoped, thanks to a few minor crises. But everyone is okay, and I got back in the saddle, sort of, so I’m glad of that. Every step in the right direction takes me closer to the goal, even if I’m moving at a snail’s pace. 😉
I know that feeling well!