Thursday, December 08, 2005

if & else [experi-ghazal]

In a fit of non-alcoholic drunkenness yesterday,
I described the smile as the “else” of all “ifs” in the
crazy code of life.
                                    --Inkspill


Let's say the smile seemed the else   of all ifs
but who'd beguile so many elses   from the ifs?

if every else displays a welcome change of scene --
yet what's the style of your else?   (forget the ifs)

now a pulchritude of else   were in the air!   yet
single-file   crawled my elses   through their ifs

we'd been otherwise engaged   for far too long!
hey let's compile the sacred elses   with no ifs!

all my ifs proved mere conjecture when your else bloomed
down the Nile of your else   flow festive ifs

yes Ardeo has packed his ands with all their buts!
he walks a mile wearing else-shoes   toting ifs

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