Sunday, September 29, 2013

The Leap

This sinner sat before his board of keys
And there he tapped to form some simple lines
That hopefully would make his reader smile
Or hold a pleasant picture in his mind.
So, tapping, tapping, out the stanzas stepped
Onto the cyber-page all black and bold
As each idea leapt from sinner’s brain—
From darkened depths to soil a field of white.
Oh why would such a wicked typist toil
To render written recipes just right?
Perhaps to purchase up some wrath’s release
Or earn a flagon in Valhalla’s halls?
No, sinner long ago had heard the truth:
The favor of the Reader’s not for sale;
It rather cost far more than we might pay
With wages earned a million lifetimes more.
So, happy to fulfill his given task,
So happy that One perfect paid the price,
This sinner tapped his midget masterpiece
And with it leapt into the arms of God.


MNA 9.29.13

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