Changes are Only Memories

Mark Gordon Brown on Mar 16, 2010

A poem about stagnation claimed to be change. This is also an entry for the lastest poetry challenge to those of you who know what that is about.

Life could be a joke

without a punchline.

Like a rusty hammer

laying next to some dirty magazines.

Magazines covered in mud, dust, and dander.

Popular Science.

Where’s my jet pack?

Time.

Camelot?

I guess that was before the king’s head

was blown across the plaza.

Just a faded memory for me.

One of my first memories.

Field & Stream.

A submarine for $2.95 plus shipping and handling.

Outdoor Life.

A live squirrel monkey for $9.95 plus shipping and handling.

Some things change for the better.

Other things change for the worse.

Do the changes you make within yourself make sense?

Are they beneficial?

Have they made you crass?

Have they made you warmer?

Do they make you the butt of a joke?

Do they make you its punchline?

Do they make you a song?

A song that has the power to heal?

Do they make you rust?

Maybe there is no change?

Maybe there is only stagnation and a layer of dust.

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Comments (8)

seema1962 on Mar 16, 2010
nice piece.
johnnydod on Mar 16, 2010
I dont know about this poetry challenge but reading you poem I would say you are in with a good chance of winning
Michael Eboh on Mar 16, 2010
Great share!
Brenda Nelson on Mar 16, 2010
best hammer dirty magazine entry I have read so far…
selling pets through magazines like that =horrible.
martie on Mar 16, 2010
Since I am poetry challanged I would never attempt to join a poetry challenge. But this really is a good poem that should make people think.
Duff D Moss on Mar 16, 2010
That was excellent! I also agree – where is my jetpack
sambhafusia on Mar 17, 2010
Great share..keep work on dear..
Darla Cooke on Mar 20, 2010
Very good poem.

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