Not Having Written A Poem For So Long Poem by umashankar manthravadi

not having written a poem for so long
i thought i would make one up with emoticons

but i will have to download them first

how many are there?
cannot be very many
(how many emotions are there?)

how many arrangements
can you make from these many emoticons
before drying up entirely?

i think i will continue mining
my old sulphurous veins
at least then i will never know
this is the last one
no more can be made

dec 16,2004