Sunday, July 22, 2012

frogs are


in a manner of speaking - frogs are green
but are not rookies.
two, three, four, five, six  out there,
count ‘em.

they aren’t watching TV
don’t read the paper
or catch info on the Internet.
so  how do they  know what month it is?

do they note the stars as the Mayans did?
they do react to the seasons;
and so how do i know what they’ll do soon?
cause i know.  they’re predictable.

oh, no!  i have to watch it . . .
cause poetry shouldn’t be  full of questions,
should it?   but full of frogs is okay.
isn’t it?

2 comments:

ariverflowsby said...

I believe there should be an even number of frogs and questions.
but, that's just me.
after all, who am I to question?

jack sender said...

Well, Richard, I like the belief you express, actually the mere thinking about it; not to lend credence to your point, the thought of balance remains, nevertheless, an interesting conundrum for discussion.

The fact your point may be bogus does not, in any way diminish, and may contrarily increase its interest.

However, as with the lack of an apostrophe in the above correct use of the word "its", count the frogs and the questions to the final resolve - that's the way it is.

And, yes, if your question were added to the mix it would make it a 6 - 6 tie. But in life, as in the World Series, you play until someone gets stiffed.