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The Screaming Meemies, 2

"Els catalans de les pedres en fan pans."—Catalan saying*


When I have thoughts that life may cease to spark,

That love has lost its fervor and its gleam

And wake up trembling in the neutral dark,

I tell myself that things aren’t what they seem,

That after all I’m just a comic quark

Teetering on the sunlight’s quantum screen.

Risible hypochondriac, you hark!

 

Pathetic whinging spoils a fine day’s feast.

A guardian angel has your foolish back

When s/he can sort the human from the beast.

If all the wretched world seems out of wack,

Bread from the stones is what you get, at least.


* "The Catalans make bread from stones."

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