Even Odds

racing against Einstein's re-imagining
and pacing with and on a claymore's blade
along the city's southern artery,

meeting the odds of a famous film
about a young cancer patient
in Christmas color fashion,

four stops at the front and
four gos at the back and a
mess of traffic and cop
sightings in between,

but it is the first day of the
week in blue law country
after all and it's almost
the top of the day,

the place that Zeno thought
that even Achilles could not reach,

but that's a thought experiment
playing itself against reality,

and reality granted even odds
at the halfway point today,

what a great day to be alive

Reviews

[kublakhan27]

I love the imagery in this.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thanks, Kubla Khan.

[kublakhan27]

My pleasure^^

[paul]

dense with meaning.
very skilled writing.
the last line makes it.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thanks paul.

[TLK]

Nice reference to one of Zeno's paradoxes. Poor Achilles, huh, and poor arrow, and poor everything, all doomed to reach forth for their goal but stumble on the impossibility of movement.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thank you TLK. I wrote this after life has just occurred. That is how my process occurs much of the time. I will return to your work soon.

[Ken Simm.]

Multilayered and absolutely spot on creatively. Glad I came again.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thank you Ken.

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

I read and reread this one over and over again Ken trying to figure it out. I know that blue laws are laws that some religions try to enforce as far as working on Sunday, etc. I am lost with the rest of it but I enjoyed the ride. Excellent work.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thanks Neva. There are eight traffic lights between where I live and my employer. The first four were red, but the last four were green. And I worked at noon on a Sunday (when the stores open up here). Hope that clarifies it a bit. Have a great one and thanks for the review.

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

I thought my mind ran deep, you have got me beat by miles and miles :) Awesome!