Third Banana
This morning I had two bananas,
Brought home from the market,
Placed in an empty bowl,
The same bowl where I always put my bananas.
Two bananas.
Then,
Just for a moment,
A vision from a parallel universe
Slipped through that cosmic boundary
That separates multiverses.
Then,
Just for a moment,
I saw another, older banana in the bowl,
Next to those two new bananas.
Three bananas.
So vivid was this inconsequential vision
That I examined the bowl more closely,
Expecting to see the third banana,
Perhaps lying sideways along the inside curve of the bowl,
Initially obscured from view,
But there were only two.
~ Russ Allison Loar
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Shedding
They say a leopard
Can't change its spots,
But a snake can shed its skin,
And so if you begin
To bring your old life to an end
You may have to shed a friend,
Or two.
~ Russ Allison Loar
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Still Human
Sometimes I can go nearly a week
Inflating my illusion of self-importance,
Transcendent benefactor to mankind that I am.
My uninterrupted enlightenment,
Liberated at last from the squalor of human ignorance.
Then one afternoon,
Walking down a busy city sidewalk,
My nose begins to tickle.
I am seized by a sneeze
And I’ve forgotten my handkerchief.
I quickly cover my nose with my hand
Which becomes coated with mucous
Dripping from my nostrils.
Wondering what to do next,
I feel another sneeze coming on.
Ah yes, still human.
~ Russ Allison Loar
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