January 22, 2016May 15, 2017 by HemmingPlay

Is God Laughing Yet?

dreamin' — “Man plans. God laughs.” Here’s a man planning.

What else could we think—
Life-soaked helplesslovers— but
Endless days of youth.

3 Replies to “Is God Laughing Yet?”

johncoyote says:

February 7, 2016 at 10:14 AM

I enjoyed the poem. Remind me of the verses in the book of Jack London “When Gods laugh”. London believe the same. The gods always win. Even great love lose to death.

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AnnMarie Roselli-Kissack says:

January 23, 2016 at 3:03 PM

I can think back and though I didn’t know this younger fella – it is easy to imagine I did:)

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1. HemmingPlay says:
  
  January 23, 2016 at 3:11 PM
  
  I remember the day that picture was taken clearly, and how utterly clueless he was. At least THAT hasn’t changed. 🙂
  
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