Photo Manja Vitolic

PROLIFIC

A turn of phrase

Always greets the ear

With grace

And pleasantness

Elicits a balance

Somewhere

Unnoticed by

Others busy

Producing things

For the masses

Great quantities

Of useful stuff

And not

Here with

My daily plod

Toward something

I seek

But do not know

Only that it

Wants more

Of this

And less of that

The useful stuff

Of course

It’s a bargain

I’ve struck

With myself

Well a need

Really

To hear the

Soft beat of

Mallet on gong

A pulse

Rhythm

Something regular

To look forward to

Every day

Before the mist

Rises from

The lawn