ManicDDaily

Multiple Choice 

1.    The cup you are drinking from is already broken because of : 

(a)   one of those noble Buddhist truths about life and suffering;
(b)   the Book of Revelation;
(c)   the laws of probability;
(d)   it is one of my cups.

2.   What goes around comes around because of:

(a)   the law of Karma:
(b)   some intersect between the Old and New Testaments (as in, ask for an eye and a tooth shall be given you); 
(c)   the rubber-sheeted nature of the Universe;
(d)   the way that pounds glom on even from what I breathe.

3.    The evening air feels so sweet upon my cheek because of:

(a)   some combination of particle, temperature, synapse;
(b)   God’s grandeur
(c)   (any form of God):
(d)   how it reminds me of you.

4.    At the end of the day (that is, right now,) I do not know very much about:

(a)   the properties of particles;
(b)   what’s behind God’s grandeur;
(c)   the laws of Karma, or
(d)   momentum.

5.   But I do know how your hand cups my cheek and how that sweet cup is: 

(a)  smooth,
(b)  cool,
(c)  warm,
(d)  unbroken.  

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The above draft poem, my 12th for the 12th day of National Poetry Month, was inspired by Charles Miller’s wonderful prompt at dVerse Poetry Pub concerning the interaction between science and religion and poetry.  Charles has written a wonderfully informative article on this theme, as well as a prompt. 

If your mood runs towards a more escapist (silly) bend, I urge you to also check out NOSE DIVE, my comic novel about high school musicals, phone sex, eco terrorism (maybe), and self-image (definitely.)  Available on Kindle for just 99 cents, and in paper for a bit more.