I give you the middle stanza. Here is the whole poem, which begins with apples and ends with a dog.
The Necessary Brevity of Pleasures
by Samuel Hazo
by Samuel Hazo
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Call it a tug-of-war between enough and more
than enough, between sufficiency
and greed, between the stay-at-homers
and globe-trotting see-the-worlders.
Like lovers seeking heaven in excess,
the hopelessly insatiable forget
how passion sharpens appetites
that gross indulgence numbs.
Result?
The haves have not
what all the have-nots have
since much of having is the need
to have.
***
The round-up is at a wrung sponge.
"Even my dog knows that..." Oh, how I love the ending to this poem.
ReplyDeleteLove the dog slumbering in a moon of sunlight, and the poem's overall message. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDelete"The haves have not what all the have-nots have since much of having is the need to have."
ReplyDeleteToo true. Thanks for this one.
wow. I need to read this one a couple more times.
ReplyDeleteThat makes twice this week I've read that poem, and what a treat both times!
ReplyDeleteThis is my diet poem - also read twice this week. The necessary brevity of pleasures -- as in, stop eating, and food will be even better!
ReplyDeleteEven dogs know this!