Great Poems and the Like

I saw the R-rated version of Alice in Wonderland—
Much fleshly pleasure in the midst of its profundity.
I seek now the profound and shun the traps of the birdcatcher.
I wrestle with the One who knows, growing blustery in my burn—
Nature must submit to me however nature owns us!
Like a two-penny whirly-gig falling into an abyss,
Does my hope go round forever till it crashes?
What feedback loop gives people the needed edge?

You’re driving a bus—seven people on board—
Three get off at the next stop and one gets on—
Then at the stop after that four get on—
What is the name of the bus driver?
Have I skipped right past the answer thinking it was prologue
When all the time it was the needed axiom?


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