Umbrella

UMBRELLA

There was a delightful young fella

Who had an enormous umbrella

If he met a nice girl

He would give it a twirl

And they'd both dance a wild tarantella!

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See my blog of 11/1/10 to learn more about this alphabetical meme.
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And an old one for good measure.

UNIVERSE!

Try to imagine
A Universe that has an end.
I can't.
Try to imagine
A Universe that has no end.
I can't.
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Travel in your mind
To the edge of a finite Universe.
Do you hit a wall?
Are we inside a sphere?
If you broke through the sphere
Would you find Nothingness?
What is Nothingness?
It is not Emptiness.
It is not Darkness.
It is not Blankness.
You cannot see it, or taste it, or smell it.
Because it is not there.
So how will you recognise it?
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I cannot believe in it
Because I cannot imagine it.
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Travel in your mind
Through the endlessness
Of an infinite Universe.
You think you understand
The words 'forever',
But can you really imagine
Passing planet upon planet
Out out out
For Ever?
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I cannot believe in it
Because I cannot imagine it.
There are only two possibilities
And I can't believe in either of them!
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These are the thoughts of a child.
I thought these thoughts
Lying in my bed
With the sheet neatly folded under my chin.
'I'll understand when I'm old'
I thought.
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But now I am old and I still don't understand.
So I never will.
I am going to die frustrated.
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But, by then, it wont matter.
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