And a happy easter to one and all.


JUST ODDMENTS OF THOUGHTS

It takes me all day
To be spontaneous.

Did you take your tablets in the end?
I replied, " No I took them by mouth ".

Will we still have time to live?
When we are dead...

How does a Perfusion of thoughts;
Run through my head, With no legs.

If you pay for a cremation,
Do you get your money back
If you die in a fire?

If you bet on the day of your death,
And you win, How does one collect?

If a thought never existed,
Would we ponder about it?

How long do you have to have, A tin
of new potatoes before they turn old?

Is a smile a virus,?
Only when somebody smiles at me,
I get infected too.



Poetry by Alan J Ripley The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2026-04-06 at 07:10

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Sameen The PoetBay support member heart!
See, this is what I love about Poetbay: artists in conversation with each other. I remember a poem you replied to some days back about betting on the day you died and here you've added it into your poem.

Also: It takes me all day/To be spontaneous.

I think this is one of the greatest opening lines in any poem I've read ever.
2026-04-07


Melinda K Zarate The PoetBay support member heart!
Lovely, Alan. The second stanza cracked me up and the last made me smile.
Sincerely,
Melinda
2026-04-06