Saturday, June 1, 2019

Disinvent ... Spin

Today’s word is “disinvent” ... dis-in-vent ... to undo the invention of; to reverse the existence of. (Dictionary.com)

Spin
What if we disinvented the wheel?
     Peace would immediately descend.
Oh, it would take a bit longer 
     to get to the store,
But the garbage truck wouldn’t wake
     me early Monday mornings.
We would have to home school, 
     but we’d know where our children were.
Horses would come back in style ...
     I’d like a Palamino! And he could mow my lawn 
          for free.
We’d have to rename mobile homes. I suppose once 
     they were stationary, they would become
          more respected.
The downsides don’t seem so bad. Our attention
     might come back to essentials.
I imagine sitting in my nibbled grass, quietly
     contemplating the birds, wondering where
          my next meal was coming from.

Anne Selleck
Copyright 2019



     

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