Beside the Point

Does poetry require an introduction? I think not, although sometimes the poet's meaning is not always clear, and readers would benefit from some pointers. In the poem below, the poet's contextual meaning and intent are clear as crystal; the poem itself apropos of the moment.

Enjoy!
-- David M Gordon / The Deipnosophist

Beside the Point

The sky has never won a prize.

The clouds have no careers.

The rainbow doesn't say my work,

thank goodness.

The rock in the creek's not so productive.

The mud on the bank's not too pragmatic.

There's nothing useful in the noise

the wind makes in the leaves.

Buck up now, my fellow superfluity,

and let's both be of that worthless ilk,

self-indulgent as shooting stars,

self-absorbed as sunsets.

Who cares if we're inconsequential?

At least we can revel, two good-for-nothings,

in our irrelevance; at least come and make

no difference with me.

-- Stephen Cushman