Annette Morgan

A SHORT AND SILLY ODE TO DIUTURNITY

In explanation of diuturnity
Ol’ Woody, durn-it, he
Knows strings of words
Into infinite eternity.
Their meaning
Leaves me
At a loss
Right up there
With Christmas letters
So long
They make
My eyes cross.

Submitted for the December 2004 IWVPA Club Theme Project, “Diuturnity