Discussion
I was just cleaning off my bedside table, and I found a scrap of paper - I leave a bit there in case I have urgent thoughts - or killer song lyrics - in the night and need to write them down before they (or I) slip away. I hadn't noticed this one before... At some point, I wrote:
"Taking meaning from the muddle
It's like fishing in a puddle.
Come on, let's have another beer."
A bit chuffed to find that. 🙃
I'm reminded of that glorious Calvin & Hobbes cartoon, where Calvin has a moment of inspiration...
"How many boards would the Mongols hoard...
If the Mongol hordes got bored?"
I reckon that's once-in-a-lifetime brilliance. Just the homonyms... the internal rhymes. I'm slack-jawed with admiration. And the visions of steppes, taigas, hooves, saw dust and throat singing. Sublime.
@lightweight I remember a joy of discovering as a grad student that my advisor, a brilliant scientist who worked on NASA projects, shared with me a love of Calvin and Hobbes. Watterson is genius.
@cogdog oh yes. We're in violent agreement on that. Humanity really doesn't deserve him, but we sure as heck need to celebrate (and heed!) him.
Actually, looks like my sleep addled mind dated it - 6/9/26 (d/m/y - because in NZ we're not monsters). Could probably stand to tidy my bedside table a bit more.