Bury Them Somewhere

Many’s the time folks have quoted Old Frost—

The utmost of ambition is to lodge

A few poems where they will be hard to get

Rid of . . . a line itself now as well lodged,

Or nearly, as his most reprinted poems.

One could point out that it’s merely phrases,

Not whole poems, that get stuck in people’s brains,

But that’s as it may be or should not be.

For truly immortal poems, we suggest

Aiming over humans altogether.

It’s a pity the gods do not exist

But as terms. They’d make the best audience.

Short of deities, maybe aliens.

Get your poems on the next Voyager or