– man can nay tell –
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Merited Spell
- man can nay tell -
Man can nay tell
If life disregards,
Said merited spell
Save benign bard
Bids serene dwell
Despite ye regard,
That risk may well
Be placidly marred,
By set endured hell
Of invasive sounds,
Affirm be the knell
If ye maker ignores,
Beyond human intel
Ye having long past,
Find point of return
Will fix obtain cast,
Should merited spell
Ne’er be meant to last,
Tho a man can nay tell!
© Jean-Jacques Fournier
Imagery - Wikimedia Commons
Music – excerpt by Chet Baker, of Alone Together
Audio – Jean-Jacques Fournier
written in Sweetsburg
March 27, 2022
Poetry on a canapé 
Invasive sounds conjures all sorts of images. Well done, JJ.
Absolutely, dear Paulette, and one can almost hear the closely potential sounds of that mad Russian, Putin’s trigger finger. Thus so above the already ear crushing constant noises, that constitute man’s idea of peaceful daily living, spreading out from the cities of human daily living. This coming from yours truly, the once ultimate city dweller!
A poem for our time, Jean-Jacques!
If only we this human race, the present cause, could assuredly in time do for they who follow, maybe somewhat better than so far!