ask Lot

ask Lot

at a very early age

he tired of tripping

across the cracks in the sidewalk

yet he was filled with wonder

and he did like to wander

and convexingly so

he was sure footed

and restrained

how can a wanderer wonder

and be sure of foot

he took notes

he only ventured in the recesses

of the corral

yet always came back with discoveries

found only in perspectives

but where is the gate

to be loosed

in a state of the confused

he deluded himself

and pretended to be

all he could not fathom

impossible you say ?

let us play in the barren fields

and pick the flowers

that have long since died

and in the defying of truth

he created alternatives

to live

is this to become the lot of man

ask Lot

(c) 21 December 2011 : William S. Peters, Sr.