To Be or Not? I had self doubts, late yesterday A crisis existential Am I for real or might I be A dream, inconsequential? Descartes said, “I think, therefore I am” To prove his own existence Because to be, there must be something Making that insistence Just like Descartes, I think a lot So I had to be, wahoo! But in view of that, I must confess I’m not so sure of you Too Much Time I got arrested the other day Seems what I did was not OK An officer told me that my crime Was I had taken too much time “But what,” I said, “I didn’t know” “That it was time for me to go” “Ignorance,” he said, “is no excuse” “You mess with time and you will lose” Because of this, it seems that I’m A person who’ll be doing time
Kevin Ahern is a Professor Emeritus of biochemistry from Oregon State University who is enjoying the spare time he has gained in retirement to write verses, limericks, and other creative items.
Flight of the dragonfly 