Fifty-Five

Fifty-Five

A Chapter by Kenneth The Poet

On the launch pad once more,
is it another Challenger
event or what?

Who thought a simple test
could mean the difference
between renewal and rejection?

The will of God
or the will of
the molecule,
who the f**k knows?


© 2011 Kenneth The Poet


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well a simple test can make a differnce but i do like your poem its shor t but it is really good kee p writing !:)

Posted 11 Years Ago


Makes one think.Great write.

Posted 12 Years Ago


I like the honest words in the poem. I like the strong statements.
"The will of God
or the will of
the molecule,
who the f**k knows?"
I believe we are responsible for the good and bad in a life. Thank you for a excellent poem.
Coyote


Posted 12 Years Ago


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Very clever, especially in the light of reading Teri's comment - I don't think I'd have picked it unaided! There is so much packed in here, very dense with layers of meaning. Joy to read.

Posted 12 Years Ago


lol I heard that..xx

Posted 12 Years Ago


You never cease to amaze...

Posted 12 Years Ago


Exactly!

Posted 12 Years Ago


And now, having posted the first comment, I see "Syllables" to my right...and being anal retentive, I came back and counted the syllables. Yep...there are fifty-five.

Maybe the idea of failing a test is still possible?

Posted 12 Years Ago


I got stuck on the title and its significance to the poem. It's not fifty-five words, and I could find no other "logic" to explain it. Then I got stuck on the idea of a "Challenger event"...and all that THAT could mean. Then it occurred to me that fifty-five might be a failing grade - "the difference/between renewal and rejection". Then I thought...did Challenger explode after fifty-five seconds?

Obviously, all this thinking made me have to go back and re-read for meaning unrelated to the title...except, of course, that titles are windows into the souls of poems, if you will. So, I have not managed to escape the title, and am therefore still groping for meaning


Posted 12 Years Ago


I liked it

Posted 12 Years Ago



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Kenneth The Poet is an optimist wrapped in the candy shell of moroseness and cynicism. He lives between the two parallels marked 46 and 49, all while living in the state marked 39. He pretends that he.. more..

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