Consider the sun. Less than one percent of its Light feeds trees or Warms birds in flight. The balance dissipates Into space, so discreet As to leave no trace On the cosmic balance sheet. It's funny how scarcity Holds sway even as we Founder under an avalanche Of zucchini on Labor Day. Tossed in this wave of Abundance, we learn to conserve, Even as we secretly yearn to Give most of ourselves away.
First thought, that's a beautiful image of what we as humans yearn for...to give most of ourselves away. Then, my second thought was....we are all zucchini.
Nice poem, Jed. I particularly like the last verse:
"Tossed in this wave of
Abundance, we learn to conserve,
Even as we secretly yearn to
Give most of ourselves away."
Here are two quotes from Irish Nobel Laureate, Samuel Beckett, on the topic:
"You say excessive, I say not excessive enough."
"Excessive people are the most memorable." (Just look at Trump, Netanyahu and Hitler to name but a few)
Beckett himself was almost excessively sparse in his later use of language - a contradiction you will appreciate.