29 July 2012

Haiku 2012/211

having much to do
I spend time contemplating
the clouds passing by

6 comments:

Unknown said...

Well, what a waste of time! If you had any gumption, you'd find something to do!

Patrick J. Vaz said...

You're showing up as "Unknown" again, but I know who you are -- yet in a deeper sense, aren't we all truly "unknown" to one another? Let's contemplate that. No, don't stop what you're doing, you can think and scrub at the same time. Can't you?

Actually, I spent a lot of this weekend reading Wordworth, so blame him, the original slacker-boy.

Patrick J. Vaz said...

Uh, that of course should be "Wordsworth"

Patrick J. Vaz said...

Oh, by the way: let's do a closer reading. Clearly, I have a lot to do already, and I know it. Instead I contemplate the ephemeral nature of all things, putting life in perspective. Clouds -- moments of passing beauty! Or perhaps I really am doing those things I need to do, and "contemplating clouds" is a metaphorical way of realizing that everything I do I will need to do again, and keep on doing, and such is the vanity and futility of human life -- you know, things like cleaning the bathroom. . . .

Lisa Hirsch said...

This comment is a test that you need not approve even though you know who I am too. (Seriously - a friend is having problems posting a comment on my blog, so I am doing tests.)

Patrick J. Vaz said...

Lisa, did we pass the test?