I
in the beginning there wasn’t that much
just a whole lotta nothing & nowhere & such
till a big bang sprang right outta the chasm
in an unexpected creation spasm
(though why you’d interrupt infinite snoozing
is actually the thing I find most confusing)
II
after a while humans jumped up
fashioned tools and got quite pumped up
thought themselves the absolute nuts
quickly jogging from caves to huts
cities, castles, countries, kingdoms
hunting deer to bumping incomes
III
invented gods who were smart like them
so armies could rampage and say amen
all the while using the earth like a pit
for mining more stuff and then burying it
till the universe said the experiment’s dead
turned out the lights and went back to bed
jim clayton 
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Apologies for not responding lately; just wanted to thank you again for sharing your wonderful expertise and beautiful work with us. Please keep it up! It never fails to make me smile and/or entertain me and everyone with whom I share it 👍
PS Any more edits on the novel? I hope you get that baby delivered to the world someday soon as I thoroughly enjoyed it! Best to you and your family. ✌️ & ❤️
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Wow! Thanks Patti! For that lovely comment and for all your support & encouragement over the years. Can’t tell you how much it means to me ❤️
As far as the novel goes… it isn’t at the moment! I wanted a long lay-off to reconsider the whole biz of writing novels. So I’ve been concentrating on poetry – doing the odd open mic performance – and lots of reading, too. I think I’m coming round to starting work on a new book soon, so I’ll keep you posted.
Thanks again P & great to hear from you. Hope all’s well with you & family ❤️
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🙏❤️😊
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