Ramblings of A Scatterbrain

Chapter One

Section I

Just outside

The mountain town

Of Mulberry

Once stood

The famous university

Of Professor Cunningherry

Though the university

Still stands

Leadership

Has changed hands

And the professor

Was fired - and rumor says -

Has left the land

And ever since

There has been

Much woe & sadness

About the lose

Of Cunningherry

And the days of gladness

The reasons

And details of his firing

Are quite unclear

A mystery

Muchly talked about

Among people

Around here

For in those wondrous days

People came here

From near & far

Bringing with them

Their school buses, tents & cars

And in these

They lived

And were more than merry

Enjoying academic freedom

With Professor Cunningherry

His absence though

Is being felt

More and more

Especially among

Two of his students -

Baruch and Gulmore

Checked they did

Various places

In town

But information

Concerning the professor

Just couldn't be found

So in hopelessness

Despair and dismay

They finally rested

At the coffee shop

"Display and Say"

And there

It just so happened

To be

The insane poet

Was reading

His poetry

He was an object

Of laughter

And it was commonly claimed

"His words are

Complete gibberish -

Meaningless and insane"

To explain

His poetry

The poet never would

And as to why

Baruch and Gulmore

Had understood

For today

Listening paid off

For Barach & Gulmore

Enlightenment!

They had understood

The words

To the core

No longer concealed

A mystery revealed

In this new light

A cause for fright

For among themselves

Must abide

The secret of the professor

That has to hide

Otherwise

Against them

They'll find

A big political system

Oh, when will be

The guarantee

For people to be

Mentally free?

Section II

Of daring adventures

The young

Often dream

Of being heroes

Of ending evil schemes

And for Barauch & Gulmore

A grand adventure

Awaits

To test imagination's outcome

With reality's

Fate

Said Gulmore

"Baruch

I don't know

About you

But I know about me

Insipid as it is

I like security"

Answered Barauch

"Also with me does

That feeling abide

But I've another feeling

Conflicting inside

The youthful disease

Of impetuousness

Has dictated to me

That adventure's a must

And in discussing

It became alarmingly

Clear

The secret, they found

Was their basis

For fear

So their minds

Greatly confounded

Within and without

Were desiring relief

And grasping about

Then tauntingly, guess what

Came to haunt their minds

Sneaking up upon them -

Slapping them from behind?

A saying which

They spoonfed to themselves

Vomited forth

And was mysteriously felt

"When any problem

Is ailing you,

There's a simple solution

And here's what to do"

"Just remember the words

Of our motto

Then the answer

You'll always know:

"Be truthful

And honest

Anything else

Is profanity and lust"

"These worlds of wisdom!"

Cried Baruch

"Have they found

Their limits?

The answer this time

Is seemingly misfit"

But to get them

Out of this awful bind

Rationalization came along

To ease their minds

And they concluded

"The real foundation

Of society

Is untruthfulness

Until it's ready, to pollute it

With truth

Would be eveilness"

So an irrelevant truth

Baruch and Gulmore

Used for a vent

Telling everyone

That on a camping trip

Their time's to be spent

Section III

That next day

When the stars

Were still in the sky

They said "hi"

To the mountains

And to Mulberry - "good bye"

Ah, the mountain atmosphere

So crystal clear

Ah, so serenely graceful

and exquisitely dear

Pine needles

Are tickling the air

Wind is touching all

With motherly care

Laughter is blooming

Within the flowers

And the voice of birds

Say "It's the commencing hour"

All are awesomely

Awaiting for the event to be

The curtains shall arise

And soon will come

The Jubilee

To Baruch and Gulmore

A word of caution - BEWARE!

Often without warning

Quietness booms in the air

BOOM!!

Silent words of rhyme

Soothed their minds

Thoughts interwoved

And dissolved

Their souls bloomed

Into living notes

Floating among the clouds

Dancing upon rays of sunshine

They traveled throughout planets & suns

And, indeed, did experience the divine

Oh, in the still air

A message

Seemed to ring

Despite silence

A song seemed to sing:

Come one. Come all.

Come great. Come small.

Arise!

It's Sunrise!

The ceremony has begun

Come rejoice in

The coming of Mother Sun

Come partake

In the exotic rite

Celebrating the birth of life

Life for the great is life for the small

Life for one means life for all

Thus ends Chapter One...