(2 poems for the weekend)


Man’s Search for Meaning

nah
I simply cannot
come up with
what
to say

it’s Friday
named for Freya
I believe
to go with
Thor
from yesterday

I hope
you have
a pleasant weekend
fecund
(Freya would go
for this)
and with delight
without the mischief
Loki would rather
sponsor

enjoy the days
and look forward
to more
which is how
I think
we have to live
as we can

today
with an on-the-side assurance
of tomorrow

like at a restaurant
asking for
assurance on the side

you know
how figures
and metaphors
must go
as we need them for our work
our rhetoric
discourse
and persuasion

speak to
the birth of a nation
the death of gin
(for a time)
the resurrection
of our booze
(after)

say we are
a patchwork
I remember
melting pot
from school
though don’t hear it
so much
in these
so-called
grownup days

so it’s the weekend
two days to play
for those
who may

yes
chores
too
we know
running errands
and for some
there’s running
too

if you want to think
there could be time to think
though let play
and rest
be timely
too
as they are vital
literally serving life
in
all


Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl


Golde and Tevye

only a little more prosperous
so I could buy the small appliance
when I see it
or trade with less anxiety
for a car
or buy clothes to wear
for comfort more than look
though comfort
requires cost
as well

anything else
well
a less hovel-like place to live
with enough space
to keep me
without doubt
un-claustrophobic

paying for a class
now and then
so I might get better at this
and other things

and there’s fresh food for cooking
like a marketplace experience
most days
though now I’m getting crazy
over riches
I am sure
but
there it is
the kinds of things I want
or want to have
within reach


C L Couch


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