Rocks Are Not Absurd
Rocks are not absurd
They are always what they are
Which is something we humans
Can never claim
And we spend so much of our time
Doing just that
Screaming about our
Supposed authenticity
No species on earth is more
Well
Um
You know
Disingenuous
What other species wears so
Many masks
For so many reasons to hide
From the innocent and the not
So
Quick?
Which often means
The not
So
Living
Rocks are always tough
Dude
Especially the blue-sky kind
In the best sense of that word
Like
No pretense
Whatsoever
—by Douglas Pinson
The Non-Absurd Life of Rocks and Things